2 nd, not determined; alphanumeric nomenclature as defined by Pavlik et al., 1999 [17], alphabetic nomenclature correspond to new profiles identified in this study. 3 Nomenclature as defined by Stevenson et al., 2002 [8]. 4 Nomenclature as defined by Thibault et al., 2007 [11]. 5 Number of repeats at locus 292-X3-25-47-3-7-10-32

defined by Thibault et al., 2007 [11]. 6 +, presence; -, absence. IS900-RFLP method Map strains were typed by IS900-RFLP as Temsirolimus mouse described previously [11]. Profiles were designated according to nomenclature previously described [17, 20–22]. Profiles were analysed using Bionumerics™ software version 6.5 (Applied Maths, Belgium). PFGE analysis PFGE analysis was carried out using SnaBI and SpeI according to the published standardized procedure of Stevenson et al. [8] with the following modifications. Plugs were prepared to yield a density of 1.2 × 1010 cells ml-1 and the incubation time in lysis buffer was increased to 48 hr. The concentration of lysozyme was increased to 4 mg ml-1. Incubation with proteinase K was carried out for a total of seven days and the enzyme was refreshed after four days. Restriction of plug DNA by SpeI was performed with 10U overnight after which the enzyme was refreshed

and incubated for a further 6 hr. The parameters for electrophoresis of SpeI restriction X-396 mw fragments were changed to separate fragments of between 20 and 250Kb as determined by the CHEF MAPPER and electrophoresis was performed for 40 hr. Gel images were captured using an Alphaimager 2200 (Alpha Innotech). Profiles were analysed using Bionumerics™ software version 6.5 (Applied Maths, Belgium). SNP analysis of gyrA and gyrB genes Primers (Additional file 2: Table S2) were designed for both gyrA (GenBank accession no. 2720426

[Genome number: NC_002944.2]) and gyrB genes (GenBank accession no. 2717659 [Genome number: NC_002944.2]). The PCR mixture was composed as follows using the GoTaq Flexi DNA polymerase (Promega). Two microliters of DNA Tau-protein kinase solution was added to a final volume of 50 μl containing 0.2 μl of GoTaq Flexi DNA polymerase (5 U/μl), 2 mM (each) dATP, dCTP, dGTP, and dTTP (Promega); 10 μl of 5x PCR buffer supplied by the manufacturer; 1 μM of each primers; and 1.5 mM of MgCl2. The reactions were carried out using a TC-512 thermal cycler (Techne). PCR conditions were as follows: 1 cycle of 5 min at 94°C; 30 cycles of 30 s at 94°C, 30 s at 58°C, and 30 s at 72°C; and 1 cycle of 7 min at 72°C. PCR products were visualized by electrophoresis using 1.5% agarose gels (agarose electrophoresis grade; Invitrogen), purified using NucleoSpin® Extract II (Macherey-Nagel) and sequenced by GenomExpress (Grenoble, France). Sequence analysis and SNP detection were performed by using the Bionumerics™ software version 6.5 (Applied Maths, Belgium). LSP analysis Primers were used according to Semret et al.