Table 3. Characteristics of the seven loci evaluated for the B. bacilliformis MLST scheme.
locus | isolates belonging to STs 1-8 | isolates belonging to STs 1-7 | ||
number of alleles | number (%) of variable sites | number of alleles | number (%) of variable sites | |
ftsZ | 4 | 41 (8.2) | 3 | 5 (1.0) |
flaA | 4 | 32 (6.2) | 3 | 12 (2.3) |
ribC | 3 | 17 (4.9) | 2 | 3 (0.9) |
rnpB | 5 | 10 (3.4) | 4 | 3 (1.0) |
rpoB | 3 | 11 (3.0) | 2 | 5 (1.4) |
bvrR | 6 | 19 (3.9) | 5 | 5 (1.0) |
groEL | 3 | 27 (6.1) | 2 | 4 (0.9) |
all loci | - | 157 (5.3) | - | 37 (1.3) |