In Silico identification of pathogenic strains of Cronobacter from Biochemical data reveals association of inositol fermentation with pathogenicity

Table 1 Clusters from Test 1 dataset

*Cronobacter*species	MLST type	Cluster 1: potential non-pathogenic Source (number of strains)	Cluster 2: potential pathogenic Source (number of strains)
C. sakazakii	1	IF(4), C(1), MP(1), Faeces(1)	IF(1)
C. sakazakii	3	IF(1), EFT(2), FuF(4), U(1)
C. sakazakii	4		C(9), IF(7), MP(1), Washing Brush(1), E(1), U(2)
C. sakazakii	8	C(1)	C(6), IF(1)
C. sakazakii	12		C(3), U(1)
C. sakazakii	13		IF(1), C(1)
C. sakazakii	15		C(1)
C. sakazakii	16		Spices(1)
C. sakazakii	17		IF(1)
C. sakazakii	18		C(1)
C. sakazakii	21		F(1)
C. sakazakii	31		C(1)
C. sakazakii	35		Herbs(1)
C. sakazakii	40		F(1)
C. sakazakii	41		C(1)
C. malonaticus	7	C(5), F(1), Faeces(1)	C(2), MP(1), WF(1)
C. malonaticus	10		Herbs(2)
C. malonaticus	11	C(1)	C(2)
C. malonaticus	29		U(1)
C. turicensis	5		MP(1), Herbs(1), MP(1), C(2)
C. turicensis	19		U(1)
C. turicensis	32		IF(1)
C. turicensis	37		Herbs(1)
C. muytjensii	33		U(1)
C. muytjensii	34		U(1)
C. dublinensis	42		U(1)
C. dublinensis	43		U(1)
C. universalis	54		Freshwater(1)

Abbreviations: C: clinical, E: Environmental, EFT: Enteral Feeding Tube, F: Food, FuF: Follow up Formula, IF: Infant Formula, MP: Milk Powder, U: Unknown WF: Weaning Food. Sources of isolation and strain numbers are given in full in Additional File 1.

ISSN: 1471-2180