Table 2.
VacA and CagA genotypes
| Strain |
vacA s allele |
vacA i allele |
vacA m allele |
CagA EPIYA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nic01_A | s1 | i1 | m1 | ABCC |
| Nic01_C | s1 | i1 | m1 | ABCC |
| Nic02_A | s1 | i1 | m1 | - |
| Nic03_A | s1 | i1 | m1 | ABC |
| Nic03_C | s1 | i1 nta | m1 | ABC |
| Nic04_A | s1 | i1 | m1 | ABC |
| Nic04_C | s1 | i1 | m1 | ABC |
| Nic05_A | s1 | i1 nt | m1 nt | ABC |
| Nic05_C | s1 | i1 nt | m1 nt | ABC |
| Nic06_A | s1 | i1 nt | m1 | ABC |
| Nic06_A2 | s1 | i1 nt | m1 | ABC |
| Nic07_A | s1 | i1 | m1 | ABC |
| Nic07_C | s1 | i1 | m1 | ABC |
| Nic08_C2 | s2 nt | i2 | m2 | - |
| Nic08_C | s2 nt | i2 | m2 | - |
| Nic09_A | s2 nt | i2 | m2 | - |
| Nic09_C | s2 nt | i2 | m2 | - |
| Nic10_A | s1 | i1 | m1 | ABC |
| Nic10_C | s1 | i1 | m1 | ABC |
| Nic11_A | s1 | i1 | m1/m2 | ABC |
| Nic11_C | s1 | i1 | m1/m2 | ABCC |
| Nic12_A | s1 | i1 | m1 | ABCC |
| Nic12_C | s1 | i1 | m1 | ABC |
| Nic13_A | s1 | i1 nt | m1 | ABCC |
| Nic13_C | s1 | i1 nt | m1 | ABCC |
| Nic14_A | s1 | i1 | m1 | ABC |
| Nic14_C | s2 | i2 | m2 | - |
| Nic15_A | s2 | i2 | m2 | - |
| Nic15_C | s2 | i2 | m2 | - |
| Nic16_A | s1 | i1 | m1 nt | ABC |
| Nic16_C | s1 | i1 | m1 nt | ABC |
| Nic17_A | s1 | i1 | m1 nt | ABC |
| Nic17_C | s1 | i1 | m1 nt | ABC |
| Nic18_A | s1 | i1 | m1 | ABCC |
| Nic18_C | s1 | i1 | m1 | ABCC |
| Nic19_A | s1 | i1 | m1 | ABC |
| Nic19_C | s1 | i1 | m1 | ABCC |
| Nic20_A | s2 | i2 | m2 | - |
| Nic20_C | s1 | i1 | m1 nt | ABC |
| Nic21_A | s1 | i1 | m1 | ABC |
| Nic21_C | s1 | i1 | m1 nt | ABC |
| Nic22_A | s2 | i2 | m2 | - |
| Nic23_A | s1 | i1 | m1 | ABC |
| Nic24_A | s1 | i1 | m1 nt | ABC |
| Nic25_A | s1 | i1 | m1 nt | ABCC |
| Nic26_A | s1 | i1 | m1 | ABC |
| Nic27_A | s1 | i1 | m1 | ABC |
| Nic28_A | s1 | i1 | m1 nt | ABC |
| Nic29_A | s1 | i1 | m1 | ABC |
| Nic30_A | s1 | i1 | m1 | ABC |
| Nic31_A | s2 | i2 | m2 | - |
| Nic32_A | s1 | i1 | m1 | - |
Table showing the alleles of the signal (s), intermediate (i), and middle (m) region of the vacA gene and the type of C-terminal EPIYA motif of the CagA protein in the different isolates. Isolates in bold show different s/i/m genotype in the antrum and corpus isolate respectively
ant indicating single nucleotide mismatches compared to primer sequence