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Table 1 Brucella strains studied (reference and field strains)

From: Evaluation and selection of tandem repeat loci for a Brucella MLVA typing assay

Reference and marine strains

 

Species

Biovar

Strain

Host

B. abortus

1

544 (ATCC 23448; BCCN R4)a

Cattle

B. abortus

2

86/8/59 (ATCC 23449; BCCN R5)a

Cattle

B. abortus

3

Tulya (ATCC 23450; BCCN R6)a

Human

B. abortus

4

292 (ATCC 23451; BCCN R7)a

Cattle

B. abortus

5

B3196 (ATCC 23452; BCCN R8)a

Cattle

B. abortus

6

870 (ATCC 23453; BCCN R9)a

Cattle

B. abortus

9

C68 (ATCC 23455; BCCN R11)a

Cattle

B. melitensis

1

16 M (ATCC 23456; BCCN R1)a

Goat

B. melitensis

2

63/9 (ATCC 23457; BCCN R2)a

Goat

B. melitensis

3

Ether (ATCC 23458; BCCN R3)a

Goat

B. suis

1

1330 (ATCC 23444; BCCN R12)a

Swine

B. suis

2

Thomsen (ATCC 23445; BCCN R13)a

Swine

B. suis

3

686 (ATCC 23446; BCCN R14)a

Swine

B. suis

4

40 (ATCC 23447; BCCN R15)a

Reindeer

B. suis

5

513 (BCCN R21)a

Wild rodent

B. ovis

 

63/290 (ATCC 25840; BCCN R17)a

Sheep

B. canis

 

RM6/66 (ATCC 23365; BCCN R18)a

Dog

B. neotomae

 

5K33 (ATCC 23459; BCCN R16)a

Desert rat

B. pinnipediae

 

B2/94 (BCCN 94-73)

Common seal

B. cetaceae

 

B1/94 (BCCN 94-74)

Porpoise

B. cetaceae

 

B14/94 (BCCN 94-75)

Common Dolphin

Overview of the 236 additional isolates

 

Species

Biovar

Number of isolates investigated

 

B. abortus

1

14

 

B. abortus

3

20

 

B. abortus

4

1

 

B. abortus

6

5

 

B. abortus

7

2

 

B. abortus

9

2

 

B. abortus

(rough)

1

 

B. melitensis

1

13

 

B. melitensis

2

13

 

B. melitensis

3

11

 

B. melitensis

(atypical)

1

 

B. melitensis

(rough)

2

 

B. suis

1

13

 

B. suis

2

87

 

B. suis

3

5

 

B. suis

4

5

 

B. suis

5

1

 

B. suis

(rough)

1

 

B. ovis

 

23

 

B. canis

 

16

 

total

 

236

 
  1. a: Reference strain
  2. ATCC, American type culture collection
  3. BCCN, Brucella culture collection, Nouzilly, France