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When the serogroup 1 strains were analysed by monoclonal antibody (mAb) typing, the most prevalent subgroup was Benidorm (34.9\u200a% of all isolates). Moreover, 79.7\u200a% of the serogroup 1 isolates were bound by mAb 3\/1, which recognizes the virulence-associated epitope. When all 86 isolates were subjected to sequence-based typing (SBT) using seven loci, they could be divided into 53 sequence types (STs). The ST with the most isolates (seven) was ST1, to which most isolates from patients and environments around the world belong. However, six of the seven ST1 isolates were isolated before 1994. Other major STs were ST306 (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>=6), ST120 (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>=5) and ST138 (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>=5). All ST306 and ST138 isolates, except for one isolate (ST306), were suspected or confirmed to be derived from bath water, which suggests that these strains prefer bath habitats. The sources of all ST1 and ST120 isolates remain unclear. 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