Dendrogram based on UPGMA and Pearson correlation coefficient, representing genetic similarity among reference and clinical Acb complex isolates.

<p>Representative Acb complex isolates (Type strains) were typed by rep-PCR (DiversiLab) and analyzed (autocorrection, Pearson correlation coefficient, optimization and curve smoothing) with the BioNumerics DiversiLab plugin. Thirty-one rep-PCR type strains with <95% similarity and 6 reference strains are shown. Different colors indicate distinct species within the <i>Acinetobacter</i> genus. The red arrow indicates the band responsible for the clustering of <i>A</i>. <i>baumannii</i> strain P11-01 in the <i>A</i>. <i>pittii</i> cluster (not uncommon for Pearson correlations).