Molecular diversity and high virulence of Legionella pneumophilastrains isolated from biofilms developed within a warm spring of a thermal spa

Table 2 Classification of the 27 environmental L. pneumophila strains according to serogroup (sg), pulsotype (PST) and mip sequence

Class	Sg	PST	*mip*	Environmental isolates	Isolate number
1	sg1	PST1	mip1	LAXB8, LAXB12	2	7 Lp1
2	sg1	PST1	mip2	LAXB6	1
3	sg1	PST2	mip2	LAXA21	1
4	sg1	PST2	mip3	LAXB24, LAXB25	2
5	sg1	PST5	mip3	LAXB22	1
6	sg10	PST4	mip2	LAXA22, LAXA23	2	5 Lp10
7	sg10	PST4	mip3	LAXB1, LAXB3, LAXB20	3	5 Lp10
8	sg12	PST3	mip2	LAXB2, LAXB4, LAXB5, LAXB7, LAXB9, LAXB13, LAXB14, LAXB15, LAXB16, LAXB17, LAXB18, LAXB19, LAXB21, LAXB23, LAXB10*	15	15 Lp12
					27	27

*LAXB10 was positioned into the class 8 according to serotyping and mip sequence.

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