Phenotypic Heterogeneity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Populations in a Cystic Fibrosis Patient
Figure 2
Genetic diversity present in collected P. aeruginosa isolates from a single patient.
The Dice coefficient from pulse field gel electrophoresis patterns of each isolate was used to construct a UPGMA tree (unrooted). Isolates from this study were no more than 20% different from each other but were more than 40% different from PA01. Isolates with identical PFGE patterns are grouped into a single node where the size of that node represents the number of isolates. Colouring represents the phenotypic group that the isolate falls into and the colours match the colouring in Figure 5. Two PES strains were included in the analysis and are coloured in yellow. The cluster highlighted by purple is a cluster where the phenotypic and genetic groups are similar.