Table 3. List of spacer types (ST) found in this study.
| Species | Strains | ST | MST2 | MST3 | MST5 | MST6 | MST7 |
| B. duttonii | Bd 9, 11,17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bd 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13,16, 19,20, 22, Ly | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Bd15, 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| B. recurrentis | Br 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Br12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,A1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| B. crocidurae | B.cr18, B.cr89, B.cr88 B.cr85 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| B.cr34 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | |
| B.cr30 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| B.cr35 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | |
| B.cr936 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |
| B.cr81 B.cr57 B.cr40, B.cr23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |
| B.cr66 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | |
| Achema | 13 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 |