Volume 10, Number 8—August 2004
Research
Serotype III Streptococcus agalactiae from Bovine Milk and Human Neonatal Infections1
Table 1
Characteristics of human serotype III GBS lineagesa
Inserted sequence sitesb |
||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RDP typec | infB alleled | AW-10 | hylB | scpb-lmb | STe | |
III-1 |
A |
No insert |
No insert |
No insert |
23, 25 |
|
III-2 |
A |
No insert |
IS1548 |
IS1548 |
19, 21 |
|
III-3 |
C |
GBSi1 |
No insert |
GBSi1 |
17, 29 |
|
III-4 | A | No insert | No insert | GBSi1 | 1 |
aGBS, group B streptococcus.
bThe presence of inserted sequences is determined at the three chromosomal locations (see Methods).
cRDP type refers to phylogenetic lineages originally defined by analysis of restriction digest patterns of chromosomal DNA.
dinfB is the highly conserved gene encoding initiation-translation factor IF2.
eST refers to the isolates’ sequence type, based on the alleles of seven housekeeping genes identified by multilocus sequence typing.
1Presented in part at the XVth Lancefield International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases, October 6–11, 2002, Goa, India.