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

Table 2 Clusters from Test 2 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(1)	IF(4), C(1), MP(1), Faeces(1)
C. sakazakii	3		IF(1), FuF(4), WF(1), U(1)
C. sakazakii	4	IF(1)	C(9), IF(6), MP(1), WF(1), E(1), Washing Brush(1), U(2)
C. sakazakii	8		C(7), IF(1)
C. sakazakii	9		WF(1)
C. sakazakii	12	C(1)	C(2), WF(1), U(2)
C. sakazakii	13		C(1), IF(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	40		F(1)
C. sakazakii	41		C(1)
C. malonaticus	7	C(1)	C(6), F(1), MP(1), WF(1), Faeces(1)
C. malonaticus	10		Herbs(2)
C. malonaticus	11	C(1)	C(2)
C. malonaticus	29		U(1)
C. muytjensii	33		U(1)
C. muytjensii	34	U(1)
C. turicensis	37		Herbs(1)
C. turicensis	5		MP(1), Herbs(1), C(2)
C. turicensis	19		U(1)
C. turicensis	32		IF(1)
C. turicensis	35		Herbs(1)
C. dublinensis	36		U(1)
C. dublinensis	42	U(1)
C. dublinensis	43		U(1)
C. universalis	54		Freshwater(1)

For abbreviations in this table see footnote to Table 1. Sources of isolation and strain numbers are given in full in Additional File 1.

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