TABLE 4.
Number of repeat units of the VNTR loci in 265 isolates of M. pneumoniae
| MLVA type | No. of isolates by MLVA type | No. of repeats at the following VNTR loci:
|
P1 gene PCR-RFLP type(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mpn1 | Mpn13 | Mpn14 | Mpn15 | Mpn16 | |||
| A | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| B | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| C | 12 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| D | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| E | 24 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| G | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 and 2 |
| H | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| I | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| J | 24 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| K | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| L | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| M | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| N | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 and 2 |
| O | 30 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| P | 46 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Q | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| R | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| S | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 and NTa |
| T | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| U | 33 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 and 2 |
| V | 10 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| W | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| X | 10 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Y | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Z | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
a
NT, Mycoplasma pneumoniae isolate not classified by PCR-RFLP analysis of P1 adhesin gene.