TABLE 3.

Size metrics and RepA typing for the plasmids of different Listeria monocytogenes STs*.

	ST1	ST2	ST3	ST5	ST6	ST7	ST8	ST9	ST14	ST120	ST121	ST155	ST204
Plasmid size range (kbp)	30–69	16–102	21–149	21–170	4–130	56–159	4–101	13–148	72–138	76–92	34–80	81–93	29–137
Average plasmid size (kbp)	52.6	66.9	48.0	65.2	81.8	84.6	79.7	51.1	89.5	81.3	59.7	88.3	78.4
Median plasmid size (kbp)	54.0	68.9	49.4	53.8	97.7	81.6	86.6	48.4	89.8	77.3	60.9	89.0	90.0
Percentage of plasmids typed as group 1 RepA	73.3	26.3	97.8	55.5	42.4	26.1	0	88.7	8.0	0	1.9	0	16.2
Percentage of plasmids typed as group 2 RepA	6.7	36.8	0	24.8	7.6	73.9	98.1	9.4	92.0	100	98.1	100	75.7
Percentage of plasmids typed as group 1 and group 2 RepA	0	15.8	2.2	19.7	39.4	0	0	1.9	0	0	0	0	8.1
Percentage of plasmids typed as group 4 RepA	20.0	21.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

*As ST4 contained only one strain harboring a plasmid (group 4 RepA), it is not included in this table.