emm238.2 (emm cluster A-C3) (formerly emm1-2.3) from isolate MSHR26 recovered from skin of a child in the Northern Territory of Australia in 1988. Nearly identical in overlap to GenBank accession Z21845 described by P.P. Cleary and coworkers as emm1.1 in 1993. While I apologize for this re-designation, this sequence and otehr emm1-2 derivatives in this database are not emm1 derivatives based upon my subtyping scheme (see www.cdc.gov/ncidod/biotech/strep/assigning.htm) Sequence and information provided by Drs. Karen McGregor and Bart Currie. From strain collection of Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases program, Menzies School of Health and Research, Darwin, Australia. emm238.2 Length: 725 October 18, 2004 16:37 Type: N Check: 36 .. 1 GCTTCaGTAG CGGTAGCTTT GACTGTTTTA GGGGCAGGTT TTACGAATCA 51 AACAGAGGTT AAGGCTAACA ATGATGGTAG GTCTAGGGAC GTTACGGAAG 101 AGATTGCAGC AAACAATACC ACAGTACAAA ATATACGTTT ACGTAACGAA 151 AACAAGAACT TAAAAGCGAG ATTAGAGAAT GCAATGAATG TTGCAGGAAG 201 AGATTTTAAG AGAGCTGAAG AACTTGAAAA AGCAAAACAA GCCTTAGAAG 251 ACCAGCGTAA AGATTTAGAA ACTAAATTAA AAGAACTACA ACAAGACTAT 301 GACTTAGCAA AGGAATCAAC AAGTTGGGAT AGACAAAGAC TTGAAAAAGA 351 GTTAGAAGAG AAAAAGGAAG CTCTTGAATT AGCGATAGAC CAGGCAAGTC 401 GGGACTACCA TAGAGCTACC GCTTTAGAAA AAGAGTTAGA AGAGAAAAAG 451 AAAGCTCTTG AATTAGCGAT AGACCAAGCG AGTCAGGACT ATAATAGAGC 501 TAACGTCTTA GAAAAAGAGT TAGAAGCGAT TACTAGAGAA CAAGAGATTA 551 ATCGTAATCT TTTAGGCAAT GCAAAACTTG AACTTGATCA ACTTTCATCT 601 GAAAAAGAGC AGCTAACGAT CGAAAAAGCA AAACTTGAGG AAGAAAAACA 651 AATTTCAGAC GCAAGTCGTC AAAGCCTTCG TCGTGACTTG GACGCATCAC 701 GTGAAGCTAA GAAGCAAGTT GAAAA