. 2000 Jul;182(14):3989–3997. doi: 10.1128/jb.182.14.3989-3997.2000

TABLE 1.

B. anthracis isolates^d

vrrB allele	Public name	Phylogenetic distribution^c	Geographic distribution
A	2PT^a	A1.a	Italy
	93/197^b	A3.a	Namibia
	Pak-2^a	NA	Pakistan
B	MOZ-3^b	B2	Mozambique
C	A46^b	B1	Germany
D	BA0015^b	A2.a	Argentina
E	Vollum^a	A4	England
	Ames^a	A3.b	Iowa
	^#70^b	A2.b	Scotland
	ASC-3^a	A4	United Kingdom
F	A24^a	B1	Slovakia
G	BA0052^a	A2.b	Jamaica
	Zim69^a	A3.a	Zimbabwe
	93/33^a	A3.a	Namibia
	^#4/6^a	A3.a	Turkey
	H-1^a	A3.a	South Korea
	K8^a	A3.c	Kruger, South Africa
	93-212c-2^b	A1.a	Canada
	F1^a	A3.a	South Korea
H	BA1015^a	A3.a	Maryland
	^#2/6^a	A1.a	Turkey
I	J611^b	A3.b	Indonesia
	Dompu^b	A3.b	Indonesia
J	^#109^b	B2	North Carolina
K	BA1035^a	B2	South Africa
	B286/76^a	B2	Norway
	BA1018^a	B2	South Africa
	^#83^b	B2	South Africa

The hypervariable regions were sequenced from these isolates.

The entire vrrB ORF was sequenced for these isolates.

According to the system in reference 12.

All isolates were kindly provided by M. E. Hugh-Jones, Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.