TABLE 1.
L. garvieae strains analyzed in this study
| Strain(s) | Country and year of isolation | Sourcea | Serotype | EcoRI ribotype | HindIII ribotype |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KFP 430 | Israel, 1999 | IF 1; Upper Galilee | I | B | K |
| KFP 24, KFP 30, KFP 36, KFP 442, KFP 457 | Israel, 2000 | IF 1 and IF 2, Upper Galilee | I | A | K |
| KFP 458, KFP 459, KFP 460, KFP 461, KFP 462, KFP 470 | Israel, 2001 | IF 1 to IF 3, Upper Galilee | I | A | K |
| KFP 471, KFP 473, KFP 498 | Israel, 2002 | IF 1 to IF 3, Upper Galilee | I | A | K |
| KFP 17, KFP 505, KFP 508, KFP 511, KFP 524 | Israel, 2003 | IF 1 to IF 3, Upper Galilee | I | A | K |
| 00/5056 | Spain, 2000 | SF 1, northwest | II | C | L |
| 3265 | Spain, 2000 | SF 2 | II | C | L |
| 27/00 | Spain, 2000 | SF 3 | II | C | L |
| 00/5084 | Spain, 2000 | SF 4, west | II | C | L |
| 00/5094 | Spain, 2000 | SF 1, northwest | II | C | L |
| 00/5069 | Spain, 2000 | SF 5, center | II | D | M |
| 111 | Spain, 2001 | SF 2 | II | C | L |
| 409 | Spain, 2001 | SF 3 | II | C | L |
| 01/5611 | Spain, 2001 | SF 6, south | II | C | L |
| 01/5677 | Spain, 2001 | SF 7, west | II | C | L |
| 01/5687 | Spain, 2001 | SF 8, south | II | C | L |
| 01/5695 | Spain, 2001 | SF 9, south | II | C | L |
| 02/6018 | Spain, 2002 | SF 10, south | II | C | L |
| 03/8460 | Spain, 2003 | SF 11, south | II | C | L |
| 03/8545 | Spain, 2003 | SF 12, northwest | II | C | L |
| 03/8566 | Spain, 2003 | SF 13, center | II | C | L |
| 03/8585 | Spain, 2003 | SF 14, west | II | C | L |
| 7898/98 | France, 1998 | FF 1 | I | E | N |
| 8338/98 | France, 1998 | FF 2 | I | E | N |
| 1966/00 | France, 2000 | FF 3 | NTb | F | O |
| 2138/00 | France, 2000 | FF 4 | NT | F | P |
| 3032/01 | France, 2001 | FF 5 | I | G | Q |
| 378 | France, 2001 | FF 6 | III | H | R |
| 2599/02 | France, 2002 | FF 5 | I | G | Q |
| 2976/02 | France, 2002 | FF 7 | I | G | Q |
| 3954/02 | France, 2002 | FF 8 | II | J | L |
| 033 | France, 2002 | FF 9 | I | A | S |
| 297 | France, 2002 | FF 10 | IV | I | T |
| 379 | France, 2002 | FF 11 | I | A | S |
| 2441/03 | France, 2003 | FF 1 | II | C | L |
| 2645/03 | France, 2003 | FF 2 | I | G | Q |
| 2442/03 | France, 2003 | FF 12 | I | G | U |
| 2429/03 | France, 2003 | FF 13 | I | G | Q |
| 1477/03 | France, 2003 | FF 7 | I | G | Q |
| 2747/03 | France, 2003 | FF 14 | II | C | L |
| ITP 01A, ITP 011, ITP 191, ITP 231, ITP 320, ITP 408 | Italy, 2000 | ITF 1 to ITF 3, Po Valley and northern Italy | I | A | K |
| ITP 109, ITP 256, ITP 322, ITP 329, ITP 387, ITP 393, ITP 431, ITP 487 | Italy, 2001 | ITF 1 to ITF 8, Po Valley, Central, northern, and northeastern Italy | I | A | K |
| ITP 054, ITP 099, ITP 109, ITP 401, ITP 256 | Italy, 2002 | ITF 1, ITF 5, Po Valley, central and northern Italy | I | A | K |
| ITP 42, ITP 58, 82921, 82277, 85830 | Italy, 2003 | ITF 1, ITF 2, and ITF 6 to ITF 8, Po Valley, central, northern, and northeastern Italy | I | A | K |
| 053 | Greece, 2002 | II | C | L | |
| 065 | Bulgaria, 2003 | II | C | L |
a
IF, SF, FF, and ITF indicate different fish farms in Israel, Spain, France, and Italy, respectively. Italian, Spanish, and Israeli strains were collected from sites where the disease is endemic. The French isolates are representatives of 17 different outbreaks; outbreak reoccurrences in the same site were recorded at only three farms.
b
NT, nontypeable.