Table 1.
Coxiella burnetii strains used in this study.
| C. burnetii strain | Strain no. | Genetic properties | LPS phasea | Infection of hostb | Immediate host | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLVA group | Plasmid | adaA | Disease | Course | ||||
| Nine Mile I (493)c | 1 | IV | QpH1 | + | I ≈ II | u. | u. | Tick |
| Henzerling | 2 | IV | QpH1 | + | I | Pneumonia | Acute | Human |
| Scurry | 3 | II | No plasmid | – | I > II | Hepatitis | Chronic | Human |
| Dugway | 4 | III | QpH1d | + | I ≈ II | u. | u. | Rodent |
| Z3055/91 | 5 | II | QpH1 | + | I < II | u. | u. | Sheep |
| Z69/06 | 6 | III | QpH1 | + | I < II | u. | u. | Cattle |
| Cb 23/2 | 7 | I | QpH1 | + | I < II | u. | u. | Sheep |
| Cb 71/3 | 8 | III | QpH1 | + | I < II | u. | u. | Goat |
| Cb 98/2 | 9 | III | QpH1 | + | I ≈ II | u. | u. | Cattle |
| Cb 19/34 | 10 | I | QpH1 | + | I < II | u. | u. | Goat |
| Cb 30/14 | 11 | I | QpH1 | + | I > II | u. | u. | Sheep |
| Z3464/92 | 12 | I | QpH1 | + | I ≈ II | abortion | u. | Goat |
a
I ≈ II = comparable amounts of Phase I and II LPS as deduced from band intensities in silver-stained SDS-PAGE gels; I > II = higher amounts of Phase I LPS; I < II = higher amounts of Phase II LPS.
b
u. = unknown.
c
Nine Mile I is included only as reference strain. All data of Nine Mile I in this manuscript have been published previously (Sobotta et al., 2016).
d
Dugway strain 5J108-11 reportedly contains a QpDG plasmid. However, of the 3 strains of Dugway available we used a strain which did not carry the QpDG plasmid.