Characterization and modeling of the Haemophilus influenzae core and supragenomes based on the complete genomic sequences of Rd and 12 clinical nontypeable strains

Table 1 Bacterial strains and sources used for whole genome sequencing, comparative genomics, and computation of the NTHi core and supragenomes

NTHi strain	NCBI locus tag prefix	Sequence source	Clinical source [reference]
Rd KW20	HI	NCBI	Lab strain, formerly serotype D [32]
86-028NP	NTHI	NCBI	NP isolate from COM patient [33]
R2846	N/A	SBRI	OM isolate, St Louis [10,52]
R2866	N/A	SBRI	Blood isolate (meningitis), Seattle [10,53]
3655	CGSHi3655	CGS	AOM isolate, Missouri [54, from A. Ryan]
PittAA	CGSHiAA	CGS	OME isolate, Pittsburgh [11]
PittEE	CGSHiEE	CGS	OME isolate, Pittsburgh [11]
PittGG	CGSHiGG	CGS	Otorrhea isolate, Pittsburgh [11]
PittHH	CGSHiHH	CGS	OME isolate, Pittsburgh [11]
PittII	CGSHiII	CGS	Otorrhea isolate, Pittsburgh [11]
R3021	CGSHiR3021	CGS	NP isolate [10]
22.4-21	CGSHi22421	CGS	NP isolate, Michigan [12]*
22.1-21	CGSHi22121	CGS	NP isolate, Michigan [12]*

AOM, acute otitis media; CGS, Center for Genomic Sciences; NP, nasopharyngeal; N/A, not available; OM, otitis media; OME, otitis media with effusion; SBRI, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute.

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