Prevalence of Genotypes and Subtypes of Gardnerella vaginalis in South African Pregnant Women

Table 1

Genotypes identified after digestion with TaqI across BV-intermediate and BV-positive women. Subtypes identified after digestion with BamHI and HindIII.

Sample name	TaqI fragment sizes	Genotype	BamHI fragment sizes	HindIII fragment sizes	Subtype
BV positives
V003	100 bp, 200 bp, 350 bp, 500 bp	2	200 bp, 1100 bp	1200 bp	2B
V010	350 bp, 400 bp	1	1200 bp	1200 bp	1
V018	Bands not visible	—	Bands not visible	Bands not visible	—
V021	100 bp, 350 bp, 400 bp, 500 bp	1	200 bp, 1100 bp	1200 bp	2B
V027	100 bp, 350 bp, 400 bp, 500 bp	1	1200 bp	1200 bp	1
V031	100 bp, 350 bp, 400 bp, 500 bp	1	200 bp, 1100 bp	1200 bp	2B
V032	250 bp, 350 bp, 400 bp, 500 bp	1	200 bp, 1100 bp	450 bp, 1000 bp, 1200 bp	2AB
V035	350 bp, 500 bp	2	200 bp, 1100 bp	1200 bp	2B
V042	400 bp, 500 bp	1	200 bp, 1100 bp	1200 bp	2B
V044	400 bp, 500 bp	1	200 bp, 1100 bp	450 bp, 1000 bp	2C
V050	100 bp, 200 bp, 350 bp, 500 bp	2	200 bp, 1100 bp	1200 bp	2B
V055	100 bp, 350 bp, 400 bp, 500 bp	1	200 bp, 1100 bp	450 bp, 1000 bp	2C
V057	100 bp, 350 bp, 400 bp, 500 bp	1	200 bp, 1100 bp	450 bp, 1000 bp	2C
V069	100 bp, 200 bp, 350 bp, 500 bp	2	200 bp, 1100 bp	1200 bp	2B
V081	100 bp, 350 bp, 400 bp, 500 bp	1	200 bp, 1100 bp	1200 bp	2B
V084	100 bp, 200 bp, 350 bp, 500 bp	2	200 bp, 1100 bp	450 bp, 1000 bp, 1200 bp	2AB
V088	350 bp, 500 bp	2	200 bp, 1100 bp	1200 bp	2B
V092	100 bp, 350 bp, 400 bp, 500 bp	1	200 bp, 1100 bp	450 bp, 1000 bp, 1200 bp	2AB
V098	500 bp	Different patterns	200 bp, 1100 bp	1200 bp	2B
V103	500 bp	Different patterns	200 bp, 1100 bp	450 bp, 1000 bp 1200 bp	2AB
V121	Bands not visible	—	Bands not visible	Bands not visible	—
V124	400 bp, 500 bp	1	200 bp, 1100 bp	Bands not visible	—
V126	100 bp, 350 bp, 400 bp, 500 bp	1	200 bp, 1100 bp	1200 bp	2B
BV intermediates
V056	250 bp, 400 bp, 500 bp	1	1200 bp	1200 bp	1
V085	Undigested DNA	—	1200 bp	1200 bp	1
V095	250 bp, 350 bp, 400 bp, 500 bp	1	200 bp, 1100 bp	1200 bp	1
V096	250 bp, 400 bp, 500 bp	1	200 bp, 1100 bp	1200 bp	2B
V102	Very faint pattern	—	1200 bp	1200 bp	1
V184	No band visible	—	1200 bp	1200 bp	1
V202	250 bp, 350 bp, 500 bp	2	200 bp, 1100 bp	1200 bp	1
V206	250 bp, 350 bp, 500 bp	2	1200 bp	1200 bp	1
V207	250 bp, 350 bp, 500 bp	2	200 bp, 1100 bp	1200 bp	2B
V239	250 bp, 350 bp, 400 bp, 500 bp	1	200 bp, 1100 bp	400 bp, 1000 bp	2B
V240	250 bp, 400 bp, 500 bp	1	200 bp, 1100 bp	1200 bp	2B
V258	250 bp, 400 bp, 500 bp	1	200 bp, 1100 bp	450 bp, 1000 bp	2C
V269	No bands visible	—	1200 bp	1200 bp	1
V281	250 bp, 400 bp, 500 bp	1	1200 bp	1200 bp	1