Table 4 Diversity within Brucella species and identification of species-specific polymorphisms.

B. abortus

6

14 (4 without ST6 Tulya)

2 (aroA-647; omp25-3627)

B. melitensis

6

5

11 (gap-163; gap – 323; glk – 1227; glk – 1403; trpE-3048; cobQ-3387; omp25-3499; omp25 – 3828; int-hyp- 4064; int-hyp – 4260; int-hyp-4356)

B. ovis

1

0

6 (aroA-1085; glk-1557; glk-1578; cobQ-3363; omp25-3745; omp25-3864)

B. suis

6

12 (9 without ST19 biovar 5)

0 (none specific for all B. suis though there are polymorphisms specific for biovars 2 and 5)

B. canis

2

1

1 (omp25-3715)

B. neotomae

1

0

3 (trpE-2798;omp25 – 3498; omp25-3845)

Marine mammal Brucella

5

8

1 (trpE-2858)