Volume 8, Number 5—May 2002
Dispatch
Molecular Characterization of Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolates, Russia, 1957–1987
Vegard Skogen*
, Valentina V. Cherkasova†, Nina Maksimova†, Chung K. Marston‡, Haakon Sjursen§, Michael W. Reeves‡, Ørjan Olsvik*, and Tanja Popovic‡
, Valentina V. Cherkasova†, Nina Maksimova†, Chung K. Marston‡, Haakon Sjursen§, Michael W. Reeves‡, Ørjan Olsvik*, and Tanja Popovic‡
Table
Designations and characteristics of 47 Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains collected in Russia, 1957–1987
| Ribotype | Geographic area of isolation | No. isolates | Year of isolation | Biotypea | ETb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G4 | Anapa | 1 | 1984 | G | 286 |
| Moscow | 2 | 1985, 1987 | G | 291, 8 | |
| Smolensk | 1 | 1985 | G | 8 | |
| Sverdlovsk | 2 | 1987 | G | 8 | |
| M1b | Anapa | 1 | 1984 | M | 287 |
| M3 | Krasnoyarsk | 2 | 1979 | M | 290, ND |
| Ivanov | 1 | 1976 | M | ND | |
| M6 | Moscow | 1 | 1981 | G | ND |
| M7a | Moscow | 2 | 1972, 1973 | G | ND |
| M11e | Moscow | 13 1 | 1964-1977 1964 | G G | ND 283 |
| Vladivostok | 2 1 | 1957 1957 | G G | 280, 281 ND | |
| Buryatiya | 1 | 1976 | G | 285 | |
| Groznyi | 1 | 1985 | G | ND | |
| Vladimir | 1 | 1977 | G | ND | |
| Tatarstan | 1 | 1977 | G | ND | |
| Omsk | 1 | 1976 | G | ND | |
| M11f | Vladivostok | 1 | 1957 | G | ND |
| Omsk | 2 | 1977 | Ge | ND | |
| M11g | Kirov | 1 | 1978 | G | ND |
| M13a | Vladivostok | 1 | 1957 | Ge | 282 |
| Vladimir | 1 | 1976 | G | 284 | |
| Krasnoyarsk | 1 | 1979 | G | 289 | |
| M13b | Moscow | 1 | 1981 | Id | ND |
| Newc | Vladivostok | 1 | 1981 | M | ND |
| Moscow | 1 1 | 1977 1977 | M Ge | ND 288 | |
| Krasnoyarsk | 1 | 1979 | M | ND |
a G, biotype gravis; M, biotype mitis; I, biotype intermedius.
b ET, electrophoretic type.
c New ribotype, pattern has not been previously observed.
dND, not done.
eNontoxigeic by the Elek test and polymerase chain reaction
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