TABLE 3.
VNTR-21 genotypes for the four B. abortus pure strains phenotypically identified with a biovar distinct from biovars 1 to 6 and 9 in comparison with the reference strains
| Strain | B. abortus biovar or designation | Genotypea |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoof 1 | Hoof 2 | Hoof 3 | Hoof 4 | Hoof 5 | Hoof 6 | Hoof 7 | Hoof 8 | VNTR2 | VNTR16 | VNTR17 | VNTR5A | VNTR5B | VNTR12A | VNTR12B | VNTR14b | VNTR21b | VNTR27b | VNTR24b | VNTR7b | VNTR26b | ||
| 544 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 86/8/59 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Tulya | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 292 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| B3196 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10, 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 870 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| C68 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| S19 | Vaccine strain | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5, 6, 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| RB51 | Vaccine strain | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 07-994-2411c | K | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 03-4923-239c | T | 9 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 99-9971-135c | M1 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 99-9971-159c | M2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |