TABLE 2.
RFLP analysis of housekeeping genes from equine and human clinical isolates of serotype 3 pneumococci isolated from the United Kingdom
| Strain | Place of isolation | Allele designation of:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hexA | recP | polI | hexB | ddl | trpB-trpA | ||
| 480 | Portsmoutha | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 476 (GBO5) | Leicesterb | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 471 (SPO1) | Leicesterb | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 470 (WU2) | Leicesterb | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 494 | Liverpoola | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 483 | Sheffielda | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 481 | Tootinga | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Equine isolatesc | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |
a
Generously provided by A. Efstratiou, Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, United Kingdom.
b
Generously provided by T. Mitchell, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
c
All equine isolates gave identical RFLP profiles.