TABLE 1.
Molecular characterization by PFGE of Spanish S. suis strains
| No. of strains | No. of herds | Serotype(s)a | Restriction pattern by digestion with:
|
Pulsotype | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ApaI | SmaI | ||||
| 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | I |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | II |
| 2 | 1 | 1-14 | 2 | 4 | III |
| 1 | 1 | 1-14 | 2 | 16 | IV |
| 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 31 | V |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | VI |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 18 | VII |
| 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 36 | VIII |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 33 | IX |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 35 | X |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | XI |
| 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 | XII |
| 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 20 | XIII |
| 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 9 | XIV |
| 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 13 | XV |
| 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 27 | XVI |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 22 | XVII |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | XVIII |
| 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 29 | XIX |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 5 | XX |
| 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 5 | XXI |
| 6 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 32 | XXII |
| 1 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 5 | XXIII |
| 140 | 46 | 9 | 17 | 5 | XXIV |
| 1 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 23 | XXV |
| 12 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 32 | XXVI |
| 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 26 | XXVII |
| 3 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 31 | XXVIII |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 34 | XXIX |
| 1 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 24 | XXX |
| 1 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 5 | XXXI |
| 4 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 32 | XXXII |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 32 | XXXIII |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 26 | XXXIV |
| 3 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 25 | XXXV |
| 3 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 29 | XXXVI |
| 1 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 25 | XXXVII |
| 1 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 29 | XXXVIII |
| 3 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 7 | XXXIX |
| 1 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 9 | XL |
| 2 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 10 | XLI |
| 1 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 28 | XLII |
| 5 | 3 | 1-14 | 30 | 4 | XLIII |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 1 | XLIV |
| 7 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 12 | XLV |
| 1 | 1 | ND | 32 | 18 | XLVI |
| 2 | 2 | ND | 33 | 16 | XLVII |
| 1 | 1 | NT | 34 | 6 | XLVIII |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 8 | XLIX |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 1 | L |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 4 | LI |
| 3 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 21 | LII |
| 1 | 1 | 7 | 37 | 2 | LIII |
| 1 | 1 | 7 | 37 | 5 | LIV |
| 4 | 1 | 8 | 37 | 14 | LV |
| 1 | 1 | 8 | 37 | 30 | LVI |
| 5 | 1 | 7 | 38 | 14 | LVII |
| 1 | 1 | 9 | 39 | 11 | LVIII |
| 1 | 1 | 9 | 39 | 15 | LIX |
| 2 | 1 | 9 | 39 | 18 | LX |
a
NT, not typeable by serotyping; ND, not determined.