Figure 1From: IS element IS16 as a molecular screening tool to identify hospital-associated strains of Enterococcus faecium eBURST cluster of MLST types generated from this set of 260 clinical, commensal and livestock-associated E. faecium strains. (The newly identified MLST types are not presented as well as the following MLST types which appear as singletons in this set: ST39, ST74, ST94, ST289, ST345, ST503, ST413; ST512; compare also to Additional file 4). The origin of the isolates is given in colour codes. ST19 appears here as a singleton but belongs to CC17 when resolved among the entire set of MLST types (Additioinal file 4).Back to article page