Spoligotype nomenclature

A binary code is assigned to each spoligotype pattern. Authoritative names for spoligotype patterns are defined as SB followed by a field of 4 digits (numerical code) supplied by the database.

The binary code could also be represented as a Hexadecimal or Octal codes (Dale et al., 2001).

Example:

Original pattern
Binary code	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Octal blocks	100			111			110			111			111			011			110			111			111			111			000			011			010			000			0
Octal code	4			7			6			7			7			3			6			7			7			7			0			3			2			0			0
Written as	476773677703200

Original pattern
Binary code	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hex blocks	1001111							1011111							1011110							1111111							11000011								0100000
Hex code	4F							5F							5E							7F							C3								20
Written as	4F-5F-5E-7F-C3-20