was performed and rep-clusters were delineated at 80% correlation.
This revealed a high level of diversity with 106 rep-cluster and 155 strains occupying isolate position .
With regard to the number of colonies selected for purification, two of each morphology type seems reasonable since these duplicates always grouped within the same rep-cluster.
In total,269 strains were selected based on their unique rep-profile for further genetic identification.