Table 2.

Description of all the STs found in the present study.

ST	MLST allelic profile*	spa types	spa repeat succession	spa CC
ST30 (18)	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	t018 (2)	$\mathrm{15-12-----16-02-16-02-25-17-24}$-24-24	CC021/012
		t093 (1)	$\mathrm{15-12-}$12$\mathrm{-16-02-16-02-25-17-24-24----}$
		t012 (7)	$\mathrm{15-12-----16-02-16-02-25-17-24-}$24$\text{----}$
		t021 (6)	$\mathrm{15-12-----16-02-16-02-25-17-24--------}$
		t1382 (1)	01$\mathrm{-12-----16-02-16-02-25-----24--------}$
		t11956 (1)	$\mathrm{15-12-----}$23$\mathrm{-----16-02-25-17-24--------}$
ST243 (1)	$\mathrm{2-2}$-5-$\mathrm{2-6-3-2}$	t021 (1)	15-12-----16-02-16-02-25-17-24--------
ST2960a (1)	$\mathrm{2-2-2-2-6}$-268-$2$	t021 (1)	15-12-----16-02-16-02-25-17-24--------
ST2954a (2)	$\mathrm{2-2-2-2-6-3}$-330	t298 (2)	15-12-----16-02-------------17-24--------
ST34 (5)	8-$\mathrm{2-2-2-6-3-2}$	t166 (2)	$\mathrm{04-44-33-31-12-16-34-16-12-25-22-34}$	CC166
		t369 (1)	$\mathrm{04-44-----31-12-16-34-16-12-25-22-34}$
		t4437 (1)	$\mathrm{04-44-33-31-12-16---------12-25-22-34}$
		t13129b (1)	$\mathrm{04-}$51$\mathrm{----------------34-16\; -12-25-22-34}$	Singleton

^*MLST allelic profile (arc-aroe-glpf-gmk-pta-tpi-yiql); numbers between brackets represent the number of strains;

^anewly described ST;

^bnewly described spa type; MLST alleles shared with the probable founder of MLST CC30, ST30, are colored in sky blue; the spa sequence repetitions shared with the probable founder of spa CC021/012, t021, appear in blue; the spa sequence repetitions shared with the probable founder of spa CC166, t166, are in red; the spa sequence repetitions of the new spa type t13129 shared with the probable founder of spa CC166 are in green. repeat 23 differs in one base from repeat 16; repeat 01 differs in three bases from repeat 15; repeat 51 differs in three bases from repeat 44.