Sentence examples for major sequence types from inspiring English sources

Loops measure 4 (family 1) or 5 bp (families 2 to 4), and most fit a few major sequence types.

More than 12 distinct outer surface protein C (ospC) major sequence types coexist in local B. burgdorferi sensu stricto populations in the northeastern United States (13 – 15 ).

A total of 60 clinical isolates of S. aureus which included 30 MRSA isolates associated with six major sequence types and 30 MSSA isolates associated with 20 sequence types were selected for this study (Table 1).

Among the six major sequence types of MRSA utilized in this study, ST22-CC22 and ST239-CC8 were found to be the highly resistant clones towards amoxicillin/clavulanic acid.

The extent of variation of REP families among different species, or isolates of the same species, was determined by comparing the relative abundance of the major sequence types or subsets identified in representative genomes.

To date, KPC-producing E. coli has only been reported in Israel, the USA, China, Brazil, France, Greece, and Ireland [ 10, 12, 22, 28- 31], and two major sequence types containing KPC-carbapenemases have been reported.

Based on MLST, ST131 was found to be the major sequence type.

Several blaKPC-containing K. pneumoniae clones were found: 9 different pulsotypes with 1 major (sequence type 258) and 7 minor distinct allelic profiles.

In other parts of Europe ST 111 were the major sequence type detected in MBL producing P.aeruginosa and ST 446 was detected but less widespread [ 27].

The first KPC-2-producing K. pneumoniae isolate reported in France was directly traced to a patient who had previously been treated in a New York City hospital [ 50]; subsequent analyses of KPC-producing K. pneumoniae isolates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDCC) identified a major sequence type that accounts for over 70% of the CDC KPC isolates [ 43].

We were able to resolve most of these alleles using a single reference isolate for each of the six major sequences types.