Table 2.

Correspondence between genotypic and phenotypic characterization

Genotypic characterization		Phenotypic characterization
Species	Lineage	Species	Infra-specific category
Y. enterocolitica	1Aa	Y. enterocolitica	Biotype 1A
	1Ab
	1B	Y. enterocolitica	Biotype 1B
	2/3-9a	Y. enterocolitica	Biotype 2/O:9
	2/3-9b
	2/3-5a	Y. enterocolitica	Bioserotype 2–3/O5,27
	2/3-5b
	3-3a	Y. enterocolitica	Bioserotype 3/O:3
	3-3b
	3–3 c
	3-3d
	4	Y. enterocolitica	Bioserotype 4/O:3
	5	Y. enterocolitica	Biotype 5
Y. pseudotuberculosis	1 to 32	Y. pseudotuberculosis	21 O-serotypes
Y. pestis		Y. pestis
Y. mollaretii	1 (sublineage 1a and 1b)	Y. mollaretii
	2
Y. frederiksenii 1		Y. frederiksenii	Diverse serotypes
Y. frederiksenii 2
Y. frederiksenii 3
Y. kristensenii 1		Y. kristensenii	Diverse serotypes
Y. kristensenii 2
Y. kristensenii 3
Y. massiliensis	1	Y. massiliensis
	2	Y. frederiksenii
Y. aldovae		Y. aldovae
Y. aleksiciae		Y. aleksiciae
Y. bercovieri		Y. bercovieri
Y. entomophaga		Y. entomophaga
Y. intermedia		Y. intermedia
Y. nurmii		Y. nurmii
Y. pekkanenii		Y. pekkanenii
Y. rohdei		Y. rohdei
Y. ruckeri		Y. ruckeri
Y. similis		Y. similis
Y. wautersii		Y. wautersii
NEW 1 ( Y. hibernica )		Yersinia sp.
NEW 2		Yersinia sp.
NEW 3		Y. enterocolitica	Biotype 1A
NEW 4		Y. enterocolitica	Biotype 1A