Sequence, distribution and chromosomal context of class I and class II pilin genes of Neisseria meningitidis identified in whole genome sequences

Table 2 pilS sequence diversity in isolates with class I and class II pilE ¹

Clonal complex	pilE gene	Number of isolates	pilS cassettes per isolate	Total number of pilS cassettes	Total number of pilS alleles
cc1	class II	5	1-3	13	8
cc5	class II	6	3	18	8
cc8	class II	8	3	24	4
cc11	class II	32	2	64	4
cc174	class II	9	2-4	27	6
cc269	class I	10	5-9	82	19
cc41/44	class I	12	5-11	84	52
cc32	class I	9	4-9	70	26

¹Isolates and pilS cassettes included in this analysis are shown in Figure 4, Additional file 5, and Additional file 6. Isolates ID 19986 (cc269), ID 20161 (cc32), and ID 20250 (cc32) were excluded due to incomplete contig assembly in regions containing pilE/pilS loci.

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