TABLE 2.

Homology between GBS serotypes and gene probes used for DBCT^a

Gene probe	% Homology of the following serotype:
	Ia	Ib	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
cpsIaH	100
cpsIaK	100			100		95
cpsIbH	69	100
cpsIIK			100
cpsIIIH				100			91
cpsIVM					100
cpsVO						100
cpsVIH	65						100
cpsVIIM								100
cpsVIIIJ									100

^aAs indicated by a pairwise BLAST alignment (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/bl2seq/bl2.html).