TABLE 1.

PFGE patterns of 70 strains of Erysipelothrix spp. produced by SmaI

Species and serovar	Strain	Source	PFGE pattern	RAPD patternd	Ribo patterne
E. rhusiopathiae
1a	ME-7a	Unknown	P1	a	B
	E176	Fish	P2	b
	E157	Fish	P3	a
1b	422/1E1a	Porcine spleen	P4	a	A
	E019	Fish	P5	g
	K040	Wild boar meat	P6	a
	K075	Wild boar meat	P7	a
2	ATCC 19414b	Pig with endocarditis	P8	c	A
	R32E11a	Unknown	P9	d
	NF4E1	Porcine spleen	P10	a	A
	115	Chicken	P11	g
	17.2a	Chicken	P12	a
	10.2a	Chicken	P12	a
	E037	Fish	P13	a
	K003	Wild boar meat	P14	e
	N026	Chicken	P15	d
4	Doggerscharbea	Fish	P16	a
	212	Chicken meat	P17	g
	213	Chicken meat	P17	g
	E127	Fish	P18	f
5	Pécs 67a	Porcine tonsil	P19	d	C
	AKO	Chicken	P20	a
	2.2a	Chicken	P21	g
	K059	Wild boar meat	P22	g
6	Tuzoka	Bustard	P23	g
	36.4a	Chicken	P24	g
	136	Chicken	P25	f
	20.4a	Chicken	P25	f
	K002	Wild boar meat	P26	g
8	Godaa	Godwit	P27	d	A
	47	Chicken	P28	g
	N008	Chicken	P28	g
	r4.1a	Chicken meat	P28	g
	r6.1a	Chicken meat	P28	g
	E024	Fish	P29	g
9	Kapareka	Fish	P30	a	B
	E112	Fish	P31	h
	280	Chicken	P32	g
	K052	Wild boar meat	P33	f
10	K024f	Wild boar meat	P34	g
11	IV12/8a	Porcine tonsil	P35	g
	K021	Wild boar meat	P36	a
12	Pécs 9a	Porcine tonsil	P37	a
	88	Chicken meat	P38	g
	97	Chicken meat	P38	g
	E146	Fish	P39	g
15	Pécs 3597a	Porcine tonsil	P40	d	A
16	Tanzaniaa	Parrot	P41	d	A
17	545a	Porcine spleen	P42	d	A
19	2017a	Porcine spleen	P43	g	A
	E053	Fish	P44	d
	E051	Fish	P45	g
	K031	Deer meat	P46	d
21	Bãno 36a	Sheep dip	P47	a	C
N	MEW22a	Unknown	P48	a
E. tonsillarum
3	Wittlinga	Fish	P49	j	I
7	ATCC 43339c	Porcine tonsil	P50	j	E
	ATCC 43338	Porcine tonsil	P51	j	E
	P-43	Fish	P52	j	E
	K015	Wild boar meat	P53	j
10	Lengyel-Pa	Squirrel	P54	j	E
14	Iszap-4a	Zoo pond mud	P55	j	E
15	E073g	Fish	P56	i
16	K037g	Wild boar meat	P57	j
20	2553a	Porcine spleen	P58	k	E
22	Bãno 107a	Sheep dip	P59	l	E
23	KS20Aa	Pig slurry	P60	j	E
Erysipelothrix spp.
13	Pécs 56a	Porcine tonsil	P61	m
13	Shiribeshi17	Pigpen litter	P62	m
18	715a	Porcine spleen	P63	n	H

^aSerovar reference strain. 

^bE. rhusiopathiae type strain. 

^cE. tonsillarum type strain. 

^dRAPD pattern obtained by Okatani et al. (29). 

^eRibopattern obtained by Ahrné et al. (1). 

^fStrain classified as E. rhusiopathiae by PCR-based methods used by Okatani et al. (29). 

^gStrain classified as E. tonsillarum by PCR-based methods used by Okatani et al. (29).