Table 1 Abundance ratio of each Pfim3 poly(C) length in selected B. pertussis isolates.

From: Fim3-dependent autoagglutination of Bordetella pertussis

Ā 

Fragment size (nt) (Measured size ± SD)b

Abundance ratio of each poly(C) length (%; mean ± SD)a

11C

12C

13C

14C

15C

16C

40 (32.5 ± 0.20)

43 (35.5 ± 0.06)

46 (38.4 ± 0.12)

49 (41.2 ± 0.12)

52 (44.2 ± 0.10)

55 (47.1 ± 0.08)

Agg- strain

Ā Tohama I

9.0 ± 0.59

34.3 ± 1.25

43.4 ± 4.05

12.4 ± 0.27

3.4 ± 0.39

0.4 ± 0.31

Ā 

Ā BP260

0.7 ± 0.57

3.3 ± 1.14

10.4 ± 2.76

26.8 ± 0.90

37.3 ± 5.79

21.6 ± 1.30

Ā 

Ā BP355

0.8 ± 0.72

3.4 ± 0.59

10.7 ± 1.16

27.4 ± 1.08

35.9 ± 2.41

22.0 ± 1.31

Ā 

Ā BP398

0.0 ± 0.07

0.6 ± 0.04

2.2 ± 0.11

12.0 ± 0.35

36.9 ± 0.43

48.4 ± 0.77

Ā 

Ā BP491

0.0 ± 0.08

0.5 ± 0.05

3.0 ± 0.17

14.5 ± 0.75

37.5 ± 0.37

44.5 ± 1.41

Agg+ strain

Ā BP118

2.0 ± 0.56

10.6 ± 0.76

25.4 ± 1.10

39.3 ± 1.45

17.6 ± 0.53

5.1 ± 0.48

Ā 

Ā BP228

2.5 ± 0.58

11.5 ± 0.61

26.3 ± 1.11

37.7 ± 1.55

17.0 ± 0.53

5.1 ± 0.23

Ā 

Ā BP267

2.3 ± 0.25

11.7 ± 0.59

26.4 ± 0.21

37.4 ± 0.43

16.8 ± 0.23

5.3 ± 0.29

Ā 

Ā BP300

2.1 ± 0.28

10.9 ± 0.44

26.3 ± 0.72

38.3 ± 0.44

17.3 ± 0.51

5.1 ± 0.31

Ā 

Ā BP330

 1.9± 0.58

11.0 ± 0.57

25.3 ± 1.08

37.3 ± 0.77

 18.6± 1.39

5.9 ± 0.87

  1. aMean abundance ratios for three independent experiments.
  2. bMeasured fragment sizes are means ± SD for 30 runs.