Table 2.
Heterogeneity of minor pilins in corynebacterial strains by PCR and Western blot analyses
| Groupa | Strain | SpaBb |
SpaCb |
SpaEc |
SpaFc |
SpaId |
SpaGd |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCR | WB | PCR | WB | PCR | WB | PCR | WB | PCR | WB | PCR | WB | ||
| C65 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| CD310 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| 2 | C52 | + | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| 760 | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | − | + | − | + | − | |
| 3 | PR26 | + | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | + | + | + | + |
| CD364 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
| 4 | 496 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | + | − |
| 724 | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | |
| 5 | G4212 | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| 711 | + | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| 6 | 722 | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | − | + | − | + | − |
| E8277 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | |
| 7 | 1737 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + |
| 749 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
| Sequence strain | 13129e | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
a
Arbitrary groups based on the presence of different types of pili and toxin.
b
Minor pilins of the SpaA-type pili.
c
Minor pilins of the SpaD-type pili.
d
Minor pilins of the SpaH-type pili.
e
Sequence strain NTCT13129.