TABLE 1.
Results of PCR amplification with species-specific primer sets for serovars of Erysipelothrix strains
| Straina | Serovar | PCR result
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ER1-F–ER1-R (399 bpb) | ER2-F–ER2-R (384 bp) | ER3-F–ER2-4 (289 bp) | ER4-F–ER4-R (387 bp) | ||
| E. rhusiopathiae | |||||
| ATCC 19414 | 2 | + | − | − | − |
| Fujisawa | 1 | + | − | − | − |
| Doggerscharbe | 4 | + | − | − | − |
| Pécs 67 | 5 | + | − | − | − |
| Dolphin E-1 | 6 | + | − | − | − |
| Gota | 8 | + | − | − | − |
| Kaparek | 9 | + | − | − | − |
| IV12/8 | 11 | + | − | − | − |
| Pécs 9 | 12 | + | − | − | − |
| Pécs 3597 | 15 | + | − | − | − |
| Tanzania | 16 | + | − | − | − |
| 545 | 17 | + | − | − | − |
| 2017 | 19 | + | − | − | − |
| Bãno 36 | 21 | + | − | − | − |
| MEW 22 | N | + | − | − | − |
| E. tonsillarum | |||||
| ATCC 43339 | 7 | − | + | − | − |
| Wittling | 3 | − | + | − | − |
| Lengy1-P | 10 | − | + | − | − |
| Iszap-4 | 14 | − | + | − | − |
| 2553 | 20 | − | + | − | − |
| Bãno 107 | 22 | − | + | − | − |
| KS 20A | 23 | − | + | − | − |
| Erysipelothrix sp. strain 1 | |||||
| Pécs 56 | 13 | − | − | + | − |
| Shiribeshi 17 | 13 | − | − | + | − |
| Shiribeshi 19 | 13 | − | − | + | − |
| Erysipelothrix sp. strain 2 715 | 18 | − | − | − | + |
a
ATCC 19414 and ATCC 43339 are type reference strains of E. rhusiopathiae and E. tonsillarum, respectively (3).
b
Product sizes are given in parentheses.