Table 1.
Bacterial strains used in this studya
| Serogroup, sample type, or species | Strain no.b (source of strain) | Total no. of strains |
|---|---|---|
| Neisseria meningitidis reference strain (n = 15) serogroup | ||
| A | 29010 (CMCC), 29019 (CMCC) | 2 |
| B | 29011 (CMCC), 29061 (CMCC) | 2 |
| C | 29012 (CMCC) | 1 |
| 29E | 29034 (CMCC) | 1 |
| H | 29031 (CMCC) | 1 |
| I | 29044 (CMCC) | 1 |
| K | 29047 (CMCC) | 1 |
| L | 43828 (ATCC) | 1 |
| W135 | 29037 (CMCC), 29057 (CMCC) | 2 |
| X | M8210 (ICDC) | 1 |
| Y | 29038 (CMCC) | 1 |
| Z | 35562 (ATCC) | 1 |
| N. meningitidis clinical isolate (n = 143) sample type | ||
| CSF | 23 (ICDC), 2 (SCDC) | 25 |
| Blood | 4 (ICDC) | 4 |
| TS | 61 (ICDC), 6 (SCDC) | 67 |
| CP | 30 (SCDC) | 30 |
| BP | 4 (SCDC) | 4 |
| Unknown | 9 (ICDC), 4 (SCDC) | 13 |
| Strains from other species (n = 21) | ||
| Neisseria lactamica | 3719 (CCM), 29114 (CMCC) | 2 |
| Neisseria flavescens | 2827 (CCM) | 1 |
| Neisseria subflava | 3482 (CCM), 4392 (CCM), 4400 (CCM), 29109 (CMCC), 29110 (CMCC), 29111 (CMCC), 29121 (CMCC) | 7 |
| Neisseria mucosa | 3483 (CCM) | 1 |
| Neisseria sicca | 4404 (CCM), 4405 (CCM) | 2 |
| Neisseria gonorrhoeae | No. 1 (DDTGH), no. 2 (DDTGH) | 2 |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae 6A | G1839 (NU) | 1 |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae 1 | G1863 (NU) | 1 |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae 19A | G1921 (NU) | 1 |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae 23F | G1934 (NU) | 1 |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae 6B | G1940 (NU) | 1 |
| Haemophilus influenzae | 58528 (CMCC) | 1 |
a
CMCC, China's Medical Culture Center; ATCC, American Type Culture Collection; ICDC, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China; SCDC, Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention; CCM, Czech Collection of Microorganisms; DDTGH, Dermatological Department of Tianjin General Hospital; NU, Nankai Univeristy, China; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; CP, chocolate agar plate; BP, blood agar plate; TS, throat swab.
b
For N. meningitidis clinical isolate sample types, the number of strains is given instead of strain number.