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. 2009 May 13;9:92. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-92

Table 1.

Brucella strains used in this study.

O-chain biosynthetic gene restriction patterns:
wbk region wb region
Species
 Biovar
 Serotype
 Strain
 Host/
source		 Geographic
origin		 wbkE
 manA
O-Ag 		manC
O-Ag 		manB
O-Ag 		wbkF
 wbkD
 wboA
 wboB
 manB
core 		wa**
Terrestrial mammal:
B. melitensis
 1
 M
 16 M (ATCC 23456;
BCCN R1)		 Goat
 United
States		 A
 A
 A
 A
 A
 A
 A
 A
 A
 A
2
 A
 63/9 (ATCC 23457;
BCCN R2)		 Goat
 Turkey
 A
 A
 A
 B
 B
 A
 A
 A
 A
 A
3
 AM
 Ether (ATCC 23458;
BCCN R3)		 Goat
 Italy
 A
 A
 A
 B
 A
 A
 A
 A
 A
 A
B. abortus
 1
 A
 544 (ATCC 23448;
BCCN R4)		 Cattle
 England
 A
 A
 A
 C
 A
 B
 B
 A
 A
 A
2
 A
 86/8/59 (ATCC 23449;
BCCN R5)		 Cattle
 England
 A
 A
 A
 C
 C
 B
 B
 A
 A
 A
3
 A
 Tulya (ATCC 23450; BCCN R6)
 Human
 Uganda
 A
 A
 A
 A
 A
 B
 B
 A
 A
 A
4
 M
 292 (ATCC 23451;
BCCN R7)		 Cattle
 England
 A
 A
 A
 C
 A
 B
 B
 A
 A
 A
5
 M
 B3196 (ATCC 23452;
BCCN R8)		 Cattle
 England
 A
 A
 A
 C
 A
 B
 B
 A
 A
 A
6
 A
 870 (ATCC 23453;
BCCN R9)		 Cattle
 Africa
 A
 A
 A
 C
 A
 B
 B
 A
 A
 A
9
 M
 C68 (ATCC 23455;
BCCN R11)		 Cattle
 England
 A
 A
 A
 C
 A
 B
 B
 A
 A
 A
R
 45/20 (BCCN V2)
 Cattle
 England
 A
 A
 A
 C
 C
 B
 B
 A
 A
 A
B. suis
 1
 A
 1330 (ATCC 23444;
BCCN R12)		 Swine
 United
States		 A
 A
 A
 D
 A
 B
 A
 A
 A
 A
2
 A
 Thomsen (ATCC 23445;
BCCN R13)		 Swine
 Denmark
 A
 A
 A
 E
 A
 B
 A
 A
 A
 B
3
 A
 686 (ATCC 23446;
BCCN R14)		 Swine
 United
States		 A
 A
 A
 D
 A
 B
 A
 A
 A
 A
4
 AM
 40 (ATCC 23447;
BCCN R15)		 Reindeer
 Russia
 A
 A
 A
 D
 A
 B
 A
 A
 A
 A
5
 M
 513 (BCCN R21)
 Wild
rodent		 Russia
 A
 A
 A
 D
 A
 B
 A
 A
 A
 A
B. ovis
 63/290 (ATCC 25840;
BCCN R17)		 Sheep
 Africa
 A
 A
 A
 F
 A
 B
 NA
 NA
 A
 C
Reo 198 (BCCN R22)
 Sheep
 United
States		 A
 A
 A
 F
 A
 B
 NA
 NA
 A
 C
BCCN 76–250
 Sheep
 France
 A
 A
 A
 F
 A
 B
 NA
 NA
 A
 C
B. canis
 RM6/66 (ATCC 23365;
BCCN R18)		 Dog
 United
States		 A
 A
 A
 D
 D
 C
 A
 A
 A
 A
D519 (BCCN C1)
 Dog
 Madagascar
 A
 A
 A
 D
 D
 C
 A
 A
 A
 A
BCCN 87.65
 Dog
 Canada
 A
 A
 A
 D
 D
 C
 A
 A
 A
 A
B. neotomae
 A
 5K33 (ATCC 23459;
BCCN R16)		 Desert
rat		 United
States		 A
 B
 A
 D
 A
 A
 A
 A
 A
 A
Marine mammal:
B. pinnipedialis
 A
 B2/94
 Common
seal		 Scotland
 A
 A
 A
 G
 A
 A
 A
 A
 A
 A
B. ceti
 A
 B1/94
 Porpoise
 Scotland
 A
 A
 A
 G
 A
 A
 A
 A
 A
 A

a ATCC, American Type Culture Collection; BCCN, Brucella Culture Collection, Nouzilly, France.

NA: Not Amplified