Table 3.
Distribution of MLST alleles within clones, based on the 125 study isolates
| Lineage | CC | No. of isolates | No. of distinct alleles (allele[s] found) for gene |
No. of STs | No. of STs without ldh | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| abcZ | bglA | cat | dapE | dat | ldh | lhkA | |||||
| I | 1 | 25 | 1 (3) | 2 (1; 56) | 3 (1; 20; 60) | 4 (1; 34; 42; 44) | 4 (3; 14; 18; 42) | 9 (1; 11; 12; 61; 90; 101; 103; 104; 105) | 1 (3) | 16 | 10 |
| 2 | 25 | 1 (1) | 2 (1; 38) | 1 (11) | 2 (3; 11) | 1 (2) | 1 (1) | 2 (5; 8) | 4 | 4 | |
| 3 | 5 | 1 (3) | 1 (4) | 1 (4) | 1 (4) | 1 (2) | 1 (1) | 1 (5) | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | 15 | 1 (3) | 1 (9) | 1 (9) | 1 (3) | 1 (3) | 1 (1) | 1 (5) | 1 | 1 | |
| Others | 10 | 5 (1; 2; 11; 12; 34) | 4 (1; 2; 12; 39) | 3 (4; 11; 12) | 6 (1; 3; 14; 15; 16; 38) | 2 (2; 3) | 3 (1; 5; 39) | 5 (2; 3; 4; 5; 7) | 7 | 7 | |
| II | 7 | 6 | 1 (5) | 1 (8) | 1 (5) | 1 (7) | 1 (6) | 1 (2; 22; 38) | 1 (1) | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | 6 | 5 (5; 57) | 1 (6) | 1 (2) | 2 (9; 29) | 1 (5) | 3 (3; 89; 121) | 1 (1) | 5 | 3 | |
| 9 | 19 | 2 (6; 33) | 1 (5) | 1 (6) | 2 (4; 20) | 1 (1) | 3 (4; 57; 62) | 1 (1) | 5 | 3 | |
| Others | 14 | 5 (5; 6; 7; 21; 53) | 6 (5; 6; 10; 13; 27; 52) | 9 (2; 3; 8; 10; 16; 17; 24; 26; 39) | 6 (4; 6; 7; 8; 21; 67) | 5 (1; 5; 6; 13; 39) | 4 (2; 3; 24; 32) | 4 (1; 6; 14; 41) | 10 | 10 | |