Table 5. Comparison of MLST data and putative antigenic type for 22 strains demonstrates that individual antigenic types contain numerous STs.
| MLST | 56-kDa gene typing† | |||||||||
| Strains | gpsA | mdh | nrdB | nuoF | ppdK | sucB | sucD | STs | Putative antigenic type1 | % identity2 |
| UT076 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Karp | 93.1 |
| UT167 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Karp | 93.2 |
| UT316 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Karp | 93.2 |
| UT332 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Karp | 93.2 |
| UT150 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Karp | 93.2 |
| UT169 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Karp | 95.7 |
| FPW2031 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | Karp | 94.7 |
| UT213 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | Karp | 95.3 |
| UT221 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | Karp | 95.4 |
| UT219 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | Karp | 95.5 |
| UT395 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | Karp | 95.4 |
| UT176 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | Karp | 94.6 |
| UT177 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | Karp | 94.4 |
| UT336 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | Karp | 96.1 |
| UT418 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | Karp | 93.6 |
| UT144 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 29 | Gilliam | 91.4 |
| UT196 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 29 | Gilliam | 91.4 |
| UT125 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 | Gilliam | 91.4 |
| UT329 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 34 | Gilliam | 91.8 |
| FPW1038 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 40 | TA716 | 95.9 |
| FPW2016 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 41 | Gilliam | 88.9 |
| FPW2049 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 42 | Gilliam | 89.8 |
†: Typing data based on the entire 56-kDa gene sequence, published previously in [17].
1
Type based on % identity to reference strains.
2
% identity compare with the relevant reference strain.