TABLE 1.
Genetic variation in MLST loci
| Locus | Size (bp) | 156 Czech carriage isolates
|
107 isolates isolated worldwide
|
No. (%) of alleles shared | No. (%) of polymorphic sites shared | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of alleles (no./100 isolates) | No. (%) of polymorphic sites | dN/dS | No. of alleles (no./100 isolates) | No. (%) of polymorphic sites | dN/dS | ||||
| abcZ | 432 | 20 (12.8) | 74 (17.1) | 0.071 | 15 (14) | 75 (17.4) | 0.05 | 10 (50) | 64 (86.5) |
| adk | 465 | 15 (9.6) | 18 (3.9) | 0.008 | 10 (9.4) | 17 (3.7) | 0.02 | 8 (53.3) | 15 (83.3) |
| aroE | 489 | 17 (10.9) | 133 (27.2) | 0.293 | 18 (16.8) | 166 (34) | 0.293 | 10 (58.8) | 126 (94.7) |
| fumC | 465 | 25 (16) | 42 (9.0) | 0.002 | 19 (17.8) | 38 (8.2) | 0.024 | 10 (40.0) | 32 (76.2) |
| gdh | 501 | 18 (11.5) | 26 (5.2) | 0.047 | 16 (15) | 28 (5.6) | 0.05 | 8 (44.4) | 24 (92.3) |
| pdhC | 480 | 23 (14.7) | 82 (17) | 0.066 | 24 (22.4) | 80 (16.7) | 0.07 | 14 (60.9) | 76 (92.7) |
| pgm | 450 | 24 (15.4) | 80 (17.8) | 0.112 | 21 (19.6) | 77 (17) | 0.121 | 14 (58.3) | 78 (97.5) |