Table 1.

Infectivity phenotypes of 19 Bb B31 clonal isolates

Bb B31 clone	No. of cultures positive/total no.					No. of mice positive/ total no.
	Bladder	Heart	Joint	Ear	All sites
High-infectivity phenotype
5A1	3/3	3/3	3/3	3/3	12/12	3/3
5A3	3/3	3/3	3/3	3/3	12/12	3/3
5A4	3/3	3/3	3/3	3/3	12/12	3/3
5A6	3/3	3/3	3/3	3/3	12/12	3/3
5A9	3/3	3/3	3/3	3/3	12/12	3/3
5A11	3/3	3/3	3/3	3/3	12/12	3/3
5A15	3/3	3/3	3/3	3/3	12/12	3/3
5A16	3/3	3/3	3/3	3/3	12/12	3/3
5A18	3/3	3/3	3/3	3/3	12/12	3/3
5A19	3/3	3/3	3/3	3/3	12/12	3/3
Intermediate-infectivity phenotype
5A2	0/3	0/3	2/3	0/3	2/12	2/3
5A8	0/3	0/3	3/3	1/3	4/12	3/3
Low-infectivity phenotype
5A5	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/12	0/3
5A7	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/12	0/3
5A10	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/12	0/3
5A12	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/12	0/3
5A13	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/12	0/3
5A14	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/12	0/3
5A17	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/12	0/3
Negative control
—	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/12	0/3