Table 1. B. bronchiseptica seal isolates included in this study.
Year of isolation | Geographical origin | Tissue | RT | ST | prn repeat region allele | n |
1988–89 | Eastern Scotland | Lung | 19 | 11 | 1-4a2/2-6a1 | 17 |
1988–89 | Western Scotland | Lung | 19 | 11 | 1-4a2/2-6a1 | 4 |
1989 | Scotland, Outer Hebrides | Lung | 19 | 11 | 1-4a2/2-6a1 | 1 |
1988–89 | Scotland (shore unknown) | Lung | 19 | 11 | 1-4a2/2-6a1 | 13 |
1993 | Eastern Scotland | Lung | 19 | 11 | 1-4a2/2-6a1 | 1 |
1993 | Scotland (shore unknown) | Lung | 19 | 11 | 1-4a2/2-6a1 | 2 |
1997 | Eastern Scotland | Lung | 19 | 11 | 1-4a2/2-6a1 | 1 |
1999 | Scotland (shore unknown) | Lung | 19 | 11 | 1-4a2/2-6a1 | 1 |
2002 | Eastern Scotland | Lung | 19 | 11 | 1-4a2/2-6a1 | 2 |
2002 | Northern Scotland | Lung | 19 | 11 | 1-4a2/2-6a1 | 1 |
2002 | Western Scotland | Lung | 19 | 11 | 1-4a2/2-6a1 | 1 |
2003 | Eastern Scotland | Lung | 19 | 11 | 1-4a2/2-6a1 | 3 |
2011 | Eastern Scotland | Lung | 19 | 11 | 1-4a2/2-6a1 | 1 |
2012 | Western Scotland | Lung | 19 | 11 | 1-4a2/2-6a1 | 1 |
2002 | South-west England | Lung | 19 | 11 | 1-4a2/2-6a1 | 1 |
2004 | South-west England | Lung | 19 | 11 | 1-4a2/2-6a1 | 1 |
2006 | South-west England | Lung | 19 | 11 | 1-4a2/2-6a1 | 2 |
2009 | South-west England | Intestine | 1 | 14 | 1-3a1/2-6a1 | 1 |
1994 or prior | Denmark (shore unknown) | Unknown | 19 | 11 | 1-4a2/2-6a1 | 1 |
2000 | Caspian Sea (shore unknown) | Lung | 22 | 33 | 1-4a1/2-6a1 | 4 |