TABLE 2.

Genotypes and phenotypes of Pontypridd outbreak isolates

Isolate no.	FAFLP	MLST	PFGEa	Phenotype	Isolate source
1	VI	11b	A	C:2a:P1.5	Patient
3	VI	11	A	C:2a:P1.5	Carrier
4	VII	Unique	A	C:1:P1.15	Suspected infection
5	VIII	Unique	A	C:NT:P1.14	Carrier
6	VI	11	A	C:2a:P1.5	Patient
7	VI	11	A	C:2a:P1.5	Patient
8	VI	11	A	C:2a:P1.5	Carrier
9	VI	11	A2(B)	C:2a:P1.5	Patient
10	VI	11	A1	C:2a:P1.5	Patient

^aPFGE data, kindly supplied by the Meningococcal Reference Unit (Manchester Public Health Laboratory), were obtained by the methods described by Feavers et al. (7) using SpeI, NheI, and SfiI. 

^b11 is an ET37-like isolate (7).