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. 1999 Jun;67(6):2746–2762. doi: 10.1128/iai.67.6.2746-2762.1999

TABLE 3.

Aligned NTHI group 1, 2, and 3 LB1(f) peptide sequences

NTHI strain Group Consensus sequence No. of amino acids No. of U.S. strains (% of total)a No. of European strains (% of total)a
1128 1  RSDYKFYEDANGTRDHKKG--- 19 53 (76) 22 (76)
1715 2a RSDYKLYNKNSSSNSTLKNLGE 22 7 (10) 4 (14)
183  2b RSDYKLYNKNSS---TLKDLGE 19 3 (4) 2 (7)
1729 3  RSDYKFYDN------KRID--- 13 7 (10) 1 (3)
a

Of 99 U.S. and European strains tested.