TABLE 4.

Housekeeping alleles shared by GAS and GCS-GGS^a

Locus	Shared GCS-GGS allele	GCS-GGS emm types represented	Group carbohydrate represented	No. of GCS-GGS isolates represented	GCS-GGS allelic frequency	Shared GAS allele	GAS emm types represented	No. of GAS isolates represented	GAS allelic frequency
gtr	101	stG4974, stG480	G	2	0.0588	03	1, 87, st4935	18	0.0849
	102	stC839, stG4831	C, G	2	0.0588	06	3, 28, 49, 53, 60, 76, 77, 91, st4973, st64/14, stD633, stNS5	40	0.1887
	103	stG480	G	1	0.0294	13	93	1	0.0047
	104	stC839, stG11	C, G	3	0.0882	26	57	1	0.0047
murI	101	stG480	G	1	0.0294	04	1	22	0.1038
	102	stG480	G	1	0.0294	08	3, 4, 8, 19, 24, 26, 29, 34, 52, 66, 78, 89, 93, st1RP31, st2370.1, st4973, st64/14	55	0.2594
	103	stG4831	G	1	0.0294	24	70	1	0.0047
	104	stG643	G	1	0.0294	02	12, 14, 39, 49, 51, 55, 63, 77, 81, 83, 90, 91, st3365, st4529, st4935, st833, stD432, stD633	30	0.1415
mutS	101	stG643	G	1	0.0294	07	9, 11, 25, 42, 49, 57, 60, 81, 89, stD432	14	0.0660
recP	105	stG10	G	1	0.0294	02	2, 3, 33, 43, 53, 83, 90, 91, 92, 93, st2370.1, st4935, st4973, stNS5	46	0.2170
	106	stG4974	G	1	0.0294	04	1, 70, st4529	22	0.1038
xpt	103	stG643	C	1	0.0294	02	1, 4, 12, 33, 42, 52, 53, 60, 76, 87, 91, 92, stNS5	55	0.2594
yqiL	101	stG4974	G	1	0.0294	12	51, st2370.1, st3365	3	0.0142
	102	stG480	G	1	0.0294	04	1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 25, 49, 50, 62, 68, 73, 76, 44/61, 90, st833	43	0.2029
	103	stG480	G	1	0.0294	15	88, 92	3	0.0142
	105	stC839	C	1	0.0294	01	1, 4, 9, 11, 13, 32, 39, 49, 66, 67, 78, 44/61, 82, 89, st2346, st4592, st4935, st64/14	48	0.2264

^aAnalysis includes 34 isolates of GCS and GGS (S. dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis) and 212 isolates of GAS. Minimum possible allelic frequencies are 0.0294 and 0.0047 for GCS-GGS and GAS, respectively.