TABLE 3.
Allelic profile and relative frequency of ST obtained by MLST analysis
| ST | No. of alleles of the indicated housekeeping gene |
Relative frequency (no. of strains) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| arcA | cyaA | fadD | icdA | lysP | mtlD | rpoS | ||
| ST1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ST2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| ST3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| ST4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| ST5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| ST6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| ST7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| ST8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| ST9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| ST10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| ST11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| ST12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| ST13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| ST14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| ST15 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| ST16 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| ST17 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| ST18 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| ST19 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| ST20 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| ST21 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
| ST22 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| ST23 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| ST24 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 1 |
| ST25 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| ST26 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 1 |
| ST27 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| ST28 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 2 |
| ST29 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 1 |