Table 3.

Validation of the genotypic characterization

Consistent characterization with both methods was found for 1814 strains (out of 1843).

Phenotypic characterization			Genotypic characterization
Species	Biotype or serotype	No.	Species	Lineage	No.
Y. aleksiciae		2	Y. aleksiciae		2
Y. bercovieri		10	Y. bercovieri		10
Y. frederiksenii		45	Y. frederiksenii 1		3
			Y. frederiksenii 2		34
			Y. frederiksenii 3		8
Y. intermedia		18	Y. intermedia		18
Y. kristensenii		7	Y. kristensenii 1		3
			Y. kristensenii 3		4
Y. massiliensis		1	Y. massiliensis	1	1
Y. mollaretii		4	Y. mollaretii		4
Y. rohdei		9	Y. rohdei		9
Y. enterocolitica	1A	573	Y. enterocolitica	1Aa	565
				1Ab	8
	2/O:5–27	16	Y. enterocolitica	2/3-5a	16
	2/O:9	147	Y. enterocolitica	2/3-9a	11
				2/3-9b	136
	3/O:3	3	Y. enterocolitica	3-3b	2
				3–3 c	1
	4/O:3	950	Y. enterocolitica	4	950
Y. pseudotuberculosis	O:3	1	Y. pseudotuberculosis	14	1
	O:1	26	Y. pseudotuberculosis	2	3
				4	2
				7	4
				10	5
				12	2
				15	6
				16	3
				17	1
Yersinia sp.		2	NEW 2		2
Total		1814			1814