TABLE 3.
Diversity of flagellin gene restriction patterns obtained with HhaI and HphI
| Flagellar antigen(s) | No. of patterns given by:
|
No. of combined patterns given by HhaI + HphI | No. of serovars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HhaI | HphI | |||
| H:1 | ||||
| a | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| b | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| d | 8 | 6 | 12 | 22 |
| j | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| e,h | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| e,n,x | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| g series | 8 | 12 | 17 | 49 |
| i | 9 | 7 | 13 | 25 |
| r | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| r,i | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| l,v | 8 | 4 | 11 | 51 |
| l,w | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| z | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| z6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| z10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| z35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| z39 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| z42 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 46 | 30 | 74 | 195 |
| H:2 | ||||
| l,w | 4 | 10 | 18 | 70 |
| 1,2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 1,5 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 17 |
| 1,6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 1,7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 1,2,7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| e,n,x | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| e,n,z15 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| e,n,x,z15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| z6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| z35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 23 | 17 | 47 | 134 |