Table 1. Characteristics of the nine loci evaluated for the B. quintana MLST scheme.
| Locus | Length of analysed sequence (bp) | No. of alleles | No. of variable sites | % sequence diversity [range (mean)] | Allelic polymorphism by reference to BX897700.1 (allele 1) |
| atpF | 495 | 2 | 2 | 0.4 | 2: C391858T, T391985C |
| bqtR | 510 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| ftsZ | 416 | 2 | 1 | 0.2 | 2: C1036988G |
| gap | 504 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| gltA | 450 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| groEL | 466 | 3 | 2 | 0.2–0.4 (0.3) | 2: A1277454G, C1277746T 3: C1277746T |
| nlpD | 461 | 2 | 1 | 0.2 | 2: A585446G |
| ribE | 458 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| rpoB | 510 | 3 | 2 | 0.2–0.4 (0.3) | 2: G847761A 3: G847761A, G847791A |