TABLE 1.

Bacterial strains^a

Strain	Source, disease, and/or description	Serotype; other relevant properties	lav insertb	Reference
Eagan (E1a)	CSF,c meningitis	Type b	−	43
Rd (R906)	Laboratory strain	Derived from type d	−	9
R539	ATCC 9006	Reference type a	−
R538	ATCC 9795	Reference type b	−
R540	ATCC 9007	Reference type c	−
R541	ATCC 9008	Reference type d	−
R542	ATCC 8142	Reference type e	−
R543	ATCC 9796	Reference type f	−
R1967	ATCC 11116	NTHi; reference biotype aegyptius	+
R2140 (CDCF3031)	Blood, BPF	NTHi; biotype aegyptius	+	7
R2141 (CDCF3035)	Blood, BPF	BTHi; biotype aegyptius	+	7
R2866 (Int1)	Blood, meningitis	NTHi	+	34
R3001	Bronchial isolate	NTHi	−	31
R3099 (602)	Chronic bronchitis	NTHi	−	19
R3100 (4564)	Chronic bronchitis	NTHi	−	19
R3101 (6173)	Chronic bronchitis	NTHi	−	19
R3151 (AAr160)	Tracheal aspirate	NTHi	+	12
R3157 (1128)	Otitis media	NTHi	+	13
R3169	Invasive	NTHi	−	33
R3174	Invasive	NTHi	−	33
R3179 (AAr73)	Nasopharynx	NTHi	−	12
R3237	R2866 with TSTE insert in mutS	NTHi	+	—d
C2859	CSF	NTHi	−	31
C2861	CSF	NTHi	−	31
C2939	Invasive	NTHi	−	33
C2965	Invasive	NTHi	−	33

^aH. influenzae, including laboratory strains and clinical isolates. 

^bPresence (+) or absence (−) of lav-related insert in holB-tmk region. 

^cCSF, cerebrospinal fluid. 

^dT. Mutangadura, B. Williams, A. L. Smith, and M. Golomb, unpublished data.