Characterization of genomic profiles with the ADSRRS method
The isolated strains were characterized by a high degree of diversity of genomic profiles. We found only two pairs of strains at a similarity coefficient of 100% and one pair with 90% similarity. The profiles differed in both the number of bands (from 5 to 19) and base pairs of the amplified fragments. Most strains were divided as distinct at a similarity level of 80% to 15%. We identified 24 different genomic profiles among the squirrels, 14 profiles among the rats, 15 among the red deer, eight profiles for each roe deer and hedgehog, and one for the beaver. We discovered two identical isolates derived from one squirrel sample (No 145): they were isolated simultaneously on the medium supplemented with cefotaxime and chloramphenicol. The other two pairs of strains (J163/TET and J169/TET, J175/CHL and J178/CHL) were isolated from the red-deer samples and each came from a different animal (Fig. S1).