TABLE 2.
STs of the 50 environmental samples isolated in the United States
| STa | SBT profile (flaA- pilE-asd-mip-mompS- proA-neuA) | No. of isolates with indicated result
|
State of origin (no. of isolates) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAb2
|
lag-1
|
|||||
| Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | |||
| ST1 | 1-4-3-1-1-1-1 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 19 | CA (2), MA, MD (3), MI (2), MN, NJ (3), NY (3), OH, PA, TN, TX (2) |
| ST7 | 1-4-3-1-1-1-6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | IL |
| ST8 | 1-4-3-1-1-1-9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | CA, DE, MD (2), OH (2), TN, TX |
| ST36 | 3-4-1-1-14-9-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | MN |
| ST154 | 11-14-16-16-15-13-2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | FL, RI |
| ST257*# | 12-8-11-5-40*-12-22* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NH |
| ST261*# | 7-28*-17-3-13-11-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | IL |
| ST262*# | 7-6-30*-2-12-11-11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | TX |
| ST263*# | 7-10-31*-3-13-11-11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | MS |
| ST264*# | 22*-6-3-1-1-30*-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | LA |
| ST265*# | 8-10-3-15-18-1-21* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | GA |
| ST279*# | 6-10-1-28-4-14-11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | MN |
| ST280*# | 2-10-19-28-21-14-6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | TX |
| ST281*# | 7-6-17-28-4-14-11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | MS |
| ST282*# | 6-23-17-28-21-4-11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | TX (2) |
| ST283*# | 6-23-19-28-19-4-11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | CA |
| ST284*# | 1-6-3-10-1-1-11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | CA |
| ST285*# | 2-10-14-10-19-4-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | WY |
| ST286*# | 1-4-3-1-14-1-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | MA |
| ST287*# | 1-12-1-1-1-9-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | MI |
| ST296* | 1-4-3-1-1-1-11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | CA, MA |
a
STs found more than twice among 150 L. pneumophila serogroup 1 isolates are shown in boldface. *, ST/SBT allele identified for the first time in this study; #, ST unique to the United States as of 10 June 2009.