TABLE 3.
Physiological characters of the isolates, listed according to decreasing pathogenicity of related charactersa
Strain | Origin | Morphological group | Sequence type | Growth rate at:
|
Under-agarose migration | Axenic culture | Cytopathic effect | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30°C | 34°C | 37°C | 40°C | 42°C | |||||||
72/2 | Mouse brain | III | T5 | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | ++ | +++ | +++ |
11DS | Keratitis | II | T6 | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ |
1BU | Keratitis | II | T4 | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | ++ | ++ | +++ | ++ |
2HH | Keratitis | II | T4 | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | ++ | ++ | +++ | +++ |
3ST | Keratitis | II | T4 | +++ | +++ | +++ | + | − | ++ | +++ | ++ |
40AB | Necrosis | II | T4 | +++ | +++ | +++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | − | ++ |
5SU | Lens case | II | T4 | ++ | ++ | ++ | + | − | − | ++ | + |
4CL | Lens case | II | T4 | +++ | +++ | ++ | − | − | + | ++ | + |
9GU | Lens case | II | T4 | +++ | +++ | ++ | − | − | + | ++ | ++ |
312-2 | Nasal mucosa | II | T4 | +++ | ++ | ++ | − | − | − | ++ | + |
36KL | Lens case | III | T4 | ++ | ++ | − | − | − | ++ | − | − |
7AR | Tap water | II | T4 | ++ | + | + | + | − | − | − | − |
4RE | Lens case | II | T11 | + | + | + | − | − | − | + | − |
Response: +++, very strong; ++, strong; +, moderate; −, none.