TABLE 1.

T Types, M types, and emm types of the isolates, and presence of sic and prtF1 genes

emm typea	M/T typea,b	No. of strains with:
		sic present	sic absent	prtF1 present						prtF1 absent
				Total	With RD2 repeat no. of:
					1	2	3	4	6
1 (1)	1/1 (1)	1								1
2 (4)	2-28/2-28 (4)	4								4
4 (17)	4/4 (16)	14	2	16	11	5
	4/4-28 (1)	1		1	1
12 (18)	12/12 (18)	13	5	18				18
28 (5)	28/28 (4)	1	3	4		4
	nt/28 (1)	1		1		1
75 (4)	Mastuyama 2166/2 (3)	2	1	3			3
	nt/6 (1)	1		1					1
77 (2)	nt/28 (2)		2	2			2
89 (4)	nt/B3265 (4)	2	2	4				4
94 (10)	nt/B3264 (10)	7	3							10
112 (1)	nt/25-5-4 (1)	1		1	1

^aNumbers in parentheses are numbers of isolates.

^bnt, nontypeable strain.