. 2008 Mar 24;76(6):2568–2575. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00033-08

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of strains used in this study

Strain	Origin	ST complex (ST)^a	Porin protein type^b
Strain	Origin	ST complex (ST)^a	PorB	PorA
H44/76	Norway	ST-32 (32)	15	1.7,16
SK080	California	ST-162 (162)	3-73	1.22,14
SK084	California	ST-32 (32)	3-24	1.7,16
NZ98/254	New Zealand	ST-41/44 (42)	4	1.7-2,4
SK141	Tennessee	ST-213 (213)	3-14	1.22,14
8047	United States	ST-8 (8)	2b	1.5-1,2-2
MD1435	Maryland	ST-35 (35)	339	1.22-1,14
MD1321	Maryland	ST-41/44 (44)	3-45	1.7-1,1
03S-0658	California	ST-32 (1364)	3-38	1.7-2,13-1
M1239	United States	ST-41/44 (437)	14	P1.23,14
SK104	North Carolina	ST-162 (5748)	3-73	1.22,14

ST, sequence type. STs were determined by multilocus sequence typing (28).

Porin types were determined by DNA sequencing of variable-loop regions (35, 36).