Table 3 Allelic profile of S. pneumoniae originating from chimpanzee lung tissue compared to closely related human isolates from the MLST data base.

From: Evidence for Human Streptococcus pneumoniae in wild and captive chimpanzees: A potential threat to wild populations

Isolate/DNA sample (country of origin)

Allel number for gene fragment

ST

Serotype

aroE

gdh

gki

recP

spi

xpt

ddl

IMT113/115 (TNP, Côte d’Ivoire)

7

11

4

1

6

112

8

8485*

19 A

107 isolates (Kenia and Gambia)

7

11

4

1

6

112

14

847

19 A

PVT0032 (Gambia)

7

11

4

1

6

112

15

3326

19 A

LWC infant (LWC, Cameroon)

177

134

4

18

9

83

18

8949

n.d.

KSA08 (Chad)

177

134

4

18

9

83

18

8949

9 V

  1. Samples analysed in this study are written in bold.
  2. n.d. not detected.
  3. *New ST.