Table 2.
Properties of strains within 49 STs defined by alleles of six gene fragments
| ST | Strains, n | Reference strain | MLEE assignment | Continents | Years of isolation | Serogroup | Allele numbers
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| abcZ | pdhC | gdh | aroE | pgm | adk | |||||||
| 1 | 11 | B40 | Subgroups I, II | AF, AS, AU, EU, NA | 63-77 | A, C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | Z4024 | Subgroup VI | EU | 85 | A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | Z4081 | Subgroups V, VII | AS | 79 | A | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 |
| 4 | 11 | Z2491 | Subgroups IV-1, IV-2 | AF, AS, NA | 37-90 | A | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 10 | Z3524 | Subgroups III, VIII | AF, AS, EU, SA | 63-88 | A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | 1 | Z3906 | Subgroup III | AS | 62 | A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| 7 | 1 | Z5826 | Subgroup III | AS | 92 | A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 1 |
| 8 | 6 | BZ 10 | A4 cluster | AF, AS, EU | 67-92 | B, C | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 1 | BZ 163 | A4 cluster | EU | 79 | B | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 1 | B6116/77 | A4 cluster | EU | 77 | B | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 10 | L93/4286 | ET-37 complex | AF, EU, NA, SA | 64-93 | B, C | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 12 | 1 | NG 3/88 | Other | EU | 88 | B | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 3 |
| 13 | 1 | NG 6/88 | Other | EU | 88 | B | 4 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 10 |
| 14 | 1 | NG F26 | Other | EU | 88 | B | 4 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 1 | NG E31 | Other | EU | 88 | B | 13 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 3 |
| 16 | 1 | DK 24 | Other | EU | 40 | B | 15 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 9 |
| 17 | 1 | 3906 | Other | AS | 77 | B | 8 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 |
| 18 | 2 | EG 328 | Other | EU | 85-89 | B | 7 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 8 |
| 19 | 1 | EG 327 | Other | EU | 85 | B | 7 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 8 |
| 20 | 1 | 1000 | Other | EU | 88 | B | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 8 |
| 21 | 1 | B534 | Other | EU | 41 | A | 1 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 |
| 22 | 1 | A22 | Other | EU | 86 | W-135 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 5 |
| 23 | 1 | 71/94 | Other | EU | 94 | Y | 10 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 5 |
| 24 | 1 | 860060 | Other | EU | 86 | X | 2 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 25 | 1 | NG G40 | Other | EU | 88 | B | 6 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 5 |
| 26 | 1 | NG E28 | Other | EU | 88 | B | 6 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 5 |
| 27 | 1 | NG H41 | Other | EU | 88 | B | 3 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| 28 | 1 | 890326 | Other | EU | 89 | Z | 13 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 29 | 1 | 860800 | Other | EU | 86 | Y | 2 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| 30 | 1 | NG 4/88 | Other | EU | 88 | B | 6 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| 31 | 1 | E32 | Other | EU | 88 | Z | 14 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 5 |
| 32 | 8 | 44/76 | ET-5 complex | EU, SA | 76-87 | B, C | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| 33 | 1 | 204/92 | ET-5 complex | NA | 92 | B | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| 34 | 1 | BZ 83 | ET-5 complex | EU | 84 | B | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| 35 | 1 | SWZ107 | Other | EU | 86 | B | 4 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
| 36 | 2 | NG H38 | Other | EU | 86-88 | B | 12 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 7 |
| 37 | 1 | DK 353 | Other | EU | 62 | B | 12 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 |
| 38 | 1 | BZ 232 | Other | EU | 64 | B | 12 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 |
| 39 | 1 | E26 | Other | EU | 88 | X | 5 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 4 |
| 40 | 1 | 400 | Lineage 3 | EU | 91 | B | 3 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| 41 | 6 | BZ 198 | Lineage 3 | EU, SA | 86-96 | B | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| 42 | 1 | 91/40 | Lineage 3 | AS | 91 | B | 10 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| 43 | 1 | NG H15 | Other | EU | 88 | B | 12 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| 44 | 1 | NG E30 | Other | EU | 88 | B | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| 45 | 1 | 50/94 | Lineage 3 | EU | 94 | B | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 6 |
| 46 | 1 | 88/03415 | Lineage 3 | EU | 88 | B | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| 47 | 1 | NG H36 | Other | EU | 88 | B | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| 48 | 1 | BZ 147 | Other | EU | 63 | B | 9 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 6 |
| 49 | 1 | 297-0 | Other | SA | 87 | B | 2 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 6 |
AF, Africa; AS, Asia including India; AU, Australia and New Zealand; EU, Europe including Iceland and Russia; NA, North America; SA, South America.