Table 4.

MvLST allelic diversity within clones, based on the 125 study isolates

Lineage	CC	No. of strains	No. of distinct alleles (allele[s] found) for gene								No. of MVLSTs
			actA	clpP	dal	inlA	inlB	inlC	lisR	prfA
I	1	25	2 (14; 15)	1 (4)	1 (5)	1 (28)	1 (3)	2 (1; 4)	1 (1)	1 (3)	3
	2	25	2 (10; 13)	1 (4)	1 (5)	1 (28)	1 (4)	1 (1)	3 (1; 2; 5)	1 (2)	4
	3	5	1 (10)	1 (4)	1 (5)	1 (22)	1 (5)	1 (4)	1 (1)	1 (2)	1
	6	15	2 (10; 12)	1 (4)	1 (5)	1 (29)	1 (3)	1 (4)	1 (3)	2 (2; 5)	3
	Others	10	4 (9; 10; 11; 14)	1 (4)	1 (4; 5; 6; 7)	6 (21; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27)	4 (1; 2; 6; 7)	3 (2; 3; 4)	1 (3)	4 (1; 2; 4; 6)	7
II	7	6	2 (6; 8)	1 (2)	2 (11; 13)	2 (9; 10)	2 (10; 13)	2 (10; 11)	1 (4)	2 (7; 9)	4
	8	6	1 (4)	1 (1)	1 (8)	2 (14; 15)	2 (9; 12)	1 (10)	1 (4)	1 (8)	2
	9	19	1 (1)	1 (2)	2 (1; 2)	6 (1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6)	1 (8)	1 (5)	1 (4)	1 (8)	3
	Others	14	7 (1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7)	3 (1; 2; 3)	7 (1; 3; 8; 9; 10; 12; 14)	11 (4; 7; 8; 11; 12; 13; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20)	6 (8; 9; 10; 11; 14; 15)	6 (5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10)	2 (4; 6)	1 (8)	10