Cluster case density was defined as the number of days from the specimen collection date of the first cluster isolate to the collection date of the third isolate and was categorised into cluster case densities of 1-7, 8-14 and > 14 days coded as density 1, 2 and 3, respectively [ 26].
Clustering techniques can be categorised into Partitioning clustering, Hierarchical clustering, Density-based methods, Grid-based methods and Model based clustering methods.
Next, the data was categorised into three clusters representing the three MLP levels of landscape (macro level), regime (meso level) and niche (micro level).
The remaining eight genotypes were categorised into four clusters of a single sub-clade C2.
The remaining eight cultivars shared a single sub-clade but were categorised into four clusters.
The diversity of M. catarrhalis prophages is demonstrated in the breadth of categorisation using this software, where all prophages were categorised into four different Clusters of the Type I Siphoviridae (Additional file 2: Table S1).
An initial set of themes was identified and an iterative process used to ensure all individual responses were categorised into the appropriate cluster.
The district is categorised into two distinct groups: eastern cluster community (Kazungula, Lesoma and Pandamatenga) and western cluster community (Mabele, Kavimba, Kachikau, Satau and Parakarungu).
Each biosynthetic gene cluster was first categorised into the type of natural product encoded within the gene cluster.
Beginning in the early 1990s, the WHO Global Environment Monitoring System/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment Programme (GEMS/Food) developed an approach for categorising countries into clusters with similar dietary intakes and calculating a representative diet for each cluster.
