Figure 1

Phylogenetic relationships of ehxA sequences based on the neighbour-joining method. Thirty-six unique ehxA sequences were obtained in this study. The serogroups for each ehxA genotype (representative strain) are given. Twenty-two sequences of six ehxA PCR-RFLP (polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism) subtypes A to F downloaded from GenBank are indicated in bold. Bootstrap values > 50% are shown at the branch points.