Their data support this prediction: the most common clone was the only infected clone in the majority of host populations, a greater fraction than expected by random chance.
No collected individual appeared to be a true-to-type rootstock clone, according to our reference set based on 20 of the most common clones in Switzerland and France.
Since expression arrays measure the most common clones in the neoplasm, this has been interpreted as evidence that a metastatic phenotype often evolves early in neoplastic progression [2].
Yu et al noted ST88 to be the most common clone among PVL positive isolates recovered from hospitalised patients in Wenzou, in the South East of China [36].
Strain PA14 [42] definitely is prime choice because it is representative for the most common clone in today P. aeruginosa population [37].
Isolates ET3-2 and ET3-3 belong to the same clone group as ET3-1, the most common clone group associated with bovine mastitis worldwide and accounting for 29% of the total isolates recovered from cattle in a large population genetic study of SA [11].
The finding that MSSA ST 121 is the most common clone in our setting might suggest that CA-MRSA ST 121 arose locally, although MSSA ST 121 is also common in nearby countries including Thailand and China, and MRSA ST 121 has been described in China.
The most common clones include Spanish 23F, Taiwan 23F and 19F.
The most common clone of CA-MRSA described in Europe is ST80, spa type 44.
These dru types are also the two most common clones in North America [ 34].
