Table 1.

GBS serotype reference databases used in the current study

Serotype	Kapatai et al. 2017 [54]			Metcalf et al. 2017 [55]						Sheppard et al. 2016 [53]						Current study
	Accession	L(bp)	Region	Accession	L(bp)	Start	End	Id%	Region	Accession	L(bp)	Start	End	Id%	Region	Accession	L(bp)	Start	End	Id%	Region
Ia	LT671983	15 799	cps locus	AB028896.2	143	6284	6426	94.41	cpsH	AB028896.2	4714	5538	10 254	99.15	cpsG - cpsK	–	6712	3539	10 250	100	cpsD - cpsK
Ib	LT671984	15 807		AB050723.1	143	6396	6538	100	cpsH	AB050723.1	4617	5650	10 266	100		–	6616	3651	10 266	100
II	LT671985	17 514		AY375362.1	139	11 345	11 483	100	cpsK	EF990365.1	6307	5575	11 881	99.84		–	8315	3567	11 881	100
III	LT671986	15 760		AF163833.1	172	6631	6802	99.42	cpsH	AF163833.1	4602	5592	10 193	99.33		n/a	–	–	–	–
III-1	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		SG-M340*	6610	3593	10 202	99.33
III-2	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		SG-M40*	6602	3593	10 194	99.35
III-3	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		SG-M61*	6610	3593	10 202	99.67
III-4	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		SG-M918*	6610	3593	10 202	99.45
IV	LT671987	16 549		AF355776.1	222	6670	6891	100	cpsH	AF355776.1	5240	5731	10 971	99.98		–	7249	3723	10 971	100
V	LT671988	17 319		AF349539.1	171	9107	9277	100	cpsO	AF349539.1	6148	5578	11 725	100		–	8156	3570	11 725	100
VI	LT671989	15 847		AF337958.1	99	7385	7483	100	cpsH	AF337958.1	4477	5777	10 254	99.89		–	6477	3778	10 254	100
VII	LT671990	16 473		AY376403.1	160	7535	7694	100	cpsM	AY376403.1	5264	5578	10 842	99.45		–	7272	3570	10 841	100
VIII	LT671991	15 090		AY375363.1	113	8167	8279	100	cpsJ	AY375363.1	4370	5117	9487	99.98		–	5915	3541	9455	100
IX	LT671992	16 440		GQ499301.1	130	8665	8794	100	cpsO	n/a	–	–	–	–		–	7273	3581	10 853	100

Boxes in white - Start, End, Id%, Region relative to sequences from the Kapatai database.

Boxes in grey - Start, End, Id%, Region relative to the serotype III sequence from the Kapatai database.

*Isolate names from the current study; Id%: Percentage nucleotide identity; L(bp): Length in base pairs)