Table 1 Genotypic features as well as clinical background of S. suis strains investigated in this study
S. suis strains | Serotype | Sequence type (MLST) | Clonal complex (MLST) | Clinical background | Years of isolation | Countries of isolation | Profile of virulence-associated genes | Virulence in experimental infection | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | tonsil | 1982 | Netherlands | mrp + /epf + /sly + | virulent | |
10cpsΔEF | 2 | 1 | 1 | capsule mutant | 1999 | Netherlands | mrp + /epf + /sly + | avirulent | [1] |
483 | 2 | 28 | 27 | toxic shock | 2019 | Germany | mrp + /epf-/sly- | not investigated | [24] |
V3117/2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | brain | 2013 | Germany | mrp + /epf + /sly + | virulent | |
TW078/11 | 14 | 1552 | 1 | invasive | 2011 | United Kingdom | mrps/epf + /sly + | not investigated | [25] |
16085/3b | 9 | 94 | 94 | septicemia | 2016 | Germany | mrp + /epf-/sly + | virulent | [26] |
8067 | 9 | 136 | 16 | meningitis | 1996 | Netherlands | mrp-/epf-/sly + | virulent | [5] |
13-00283-02 | 7 | 29 | 29 | brain | 2013 | Germany | mrp****/epf-/sly- | virulent | [6] |
S5552/1 | 7 | 89 | brain | 2010 | Germany | mrp-/epf-/sly + | not investigated | [6] |