TABLE 3.

Transformation frequencies in an MLST sequence type subset of A. baumannii strains.

STa	Allelic profile	No. of isolates	No. of transformable	Drug resistance	Mean transformation frequency (range)
N3	12-3-16-1-13-1-16	1	0	S	Not detected
N7	4-1-2-3-12-1-5	1	0	S	Not detected
N9	2-2-2-2-2-S2-2	1	0	R	Not detected
N8	7-128-S2-1-8-1-4	1	0	S	Not detected
ST106	3-3-16-1-13-1-1	1	0	S	Not detected
ST193	3-1-7-1-7-2-4	1	0	S	Not detected
ST195	2-2-105-2-2-1-2	1	0	R	Not detected
ST203	3-4-2-2-7-1-2	1	0	S	Not detected
ST216	1-4-2-2-7-1-2	1	0	S	Not detected
ST246	1-49-3-4-5-2-36	1	0	S	Not detected
ST252	1-4-3-2-9-1-5	1	0	S	Not detected
ST266	27-2-2-2-7-1-5	1	0	S	Not detected
ST354	3-2-2-2-7-1-7	1	0	S	Not detected
ST376	27-4-2-1-42-1-2	1	0	R	Not detected
ST535	3-3-6-2-28-4-4	1	0	S	Not detected
ST763	3-4-2-2-9-1-5	1	0	S	Not detected
N1	147-2-2-1-151-1-3	2	0	S	Not detected
ST23	1-3-10-1-4-4-4	2	0	S/R	Not detected
ST36	1-2-2-2-3-1-2	2	0	S	Not detected
ST46	5-12-11-2-14-9-14	2	0	S/R	Not detected
N4	3-3-16-1-13-1-16	2	0	S	Not detected
ST372	1-4-2-1-42-1-2	3	0	S	Not detected
ST131	3-2-2-2-3-2-6	5	0	S/R	Not detected
N2	12-1-7-1-7-2-4	1	1	S	1.53 × 10–7
N5	3-2-7-1-7-1-4	1	1	S	3.22 × 10–6
ST153	38-1-14-3-12-1-5	1	1	S	2.50 × 10–8
ST240	3-3-2-5-7-2-51	1	1	S	3.94 × 10–6
ST338	8-5-5-26-13-1-2	1	1	S	1.48 × 10–6
ST452	7-2-2-1-8-4-4	1	1	S	7.54 × 10–8
N6	1-2-7-2-5-1-14	1	1	S	1.69 × 10–7
ST40	1-2-2-2-5-1-14	9	5	S	8.68 × 10–7 (1.6 × 10–8∼3.4 × 10–6)
N10	1-1-1-1-5-2-1	1	1	R	2.59 × 10–5
ST1	1-1-1-1-5-1-1	5	5	R	1.22 × 10–5 (3.04 × 10–6∼4.07 × 10–5)
ST2	2-2-2-2-2-2-2	86	36	R/S	4.98 × 10–6 (1.39 × 10–8∼3.59 × 10–5)
SUM		142	54

^aNew STs revealed in this study were named with Arabic numerals beginning with the letter N.