TABLE 5.
PCR analysis of the cps locus in a representative collection of E. faecalis strains
| Proposed serogroup | E. faecalis strain | Result for gene:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpsA | cpsB | cpsC | cpsD | cpsE | cpsF | cpsG | cpsH | cpsI | cpsJ | cpsK | ||
| CPS-A | 12030 | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Type 7 | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| CPS-B | 12107 | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Type 1 | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| OG1-RF | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| CPS-C | Type 2 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| FA2-2 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
| Type 12 | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | |
| R19.001 | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | |
| CPS-D | Type 5 | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | + |
| Type 18 | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | |
| CPS-C and CPS-D | MMH 594 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| NTa | Type 9 | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
a
NT, nontypeable.
b
+, present; −, absent.