TABLE 1.
Genotypic characteristics of the 37 B. henselae isolates studied
| Isolate | Host of origina | Distribution of alleles at the nine loci studied
|
ST | ERIC type | AP type | IRS type | PFGE type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16S | batR | eno | gltA | ftsZ | groEL | nlpD | ribC | rpoB | |||||||
| 49882 (H-1) | H | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | H | 2 | 1 |
| 49793 | H | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | H | 1 | 1 |
| BH2 | H | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | H | 1 | 1 |
| BH3 | H | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | H | 2 | NTb |
| BH5 | H | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | H | 2 | 1 |
| HC54 | F | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | H | 2 | 1 |
| JR1 | H | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | H | 2 | 3 |
| JR3 | H | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | H | 2 | 3 |
| JR5 | H | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | H | 2 | 3 |
| JR6 | H | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | H | 2 | 3 |
| JR7 | H | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | H | 2 | 3 |
| JR8 | H | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | H | 2 | 3 |
| JR9 | H | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | H | 2 | 3 |
| NU4695 | F | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | H | 1 | 2 |
| RMC3 | F | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | H | 2 | 2 |
| RMC10 | F | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | H | 1 | 2 |
| JR2 | H | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | H | 2 | 1 |
| HC62 | F | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | H | 2 | 5 |
| HC35 | F | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | H | 1 | 4 |
| HC60 | F | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | H | 1 | NT |
| RMC1 | F | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | H | 2 | 5 |
| RMC8 | F | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | H | 2 | 5 |
| RMC12 | F | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | M | 1 | 5 |
| NU4714 | F | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | H | 1 | 5 |
| R987 | H | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | H | 2 | 4 |
| R1073 | H | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | H | 2 | 4 |
| BH4 | H | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | M | 2 | 6 |
| HC48 | F | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | M | 2 | 6 |
| HC71 | F | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | M | 2 | NT |
| NU4423 | F | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | H | 2 | 6 |
| NU4713 | F | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | H | 2 | 6 |
| RMC2 | F | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | M | 2 | 6 |
| RMC5 | F | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | M | 2 | NT |
| RMC7 | F | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | M | 2 | 6 |
| RMC11 | F | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | M | 1 | 6 |
| URLLY8 | H | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | M | 2 | 6 |
| BERL-2 | F | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | M | 2 | 7 |
a
H, human infection; F, feline infection.
b
NT, not tested.