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

Table 4 Clusters from Test 4 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(5), C(1), Faeces(1)
C. sakazakii	3	IF(1), EFT(2), FuF(4), WF(1), U(1)
C. sakazakii	4	C(1), IF(1)	C(8), 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(1)
C. sakazakii	13		IF(1), C(1)
C. sakazakii	14	IF(1)
C. sakazakii	15		C(1)
C. sakazakii	16		Spices(1)
C. sakazakii	17		IF(1)
C. sakazakii	18		C(1)
C. malonaticus	7	C(6), F(1), WF(1), Faeces(1)	C(1), MP(1)
C. malonaticus	10		Herbs(2)
C. malonaticus	11	C(2)	C(1)

All strains in cluster 1 (non-pathogenic) are negative for inositol fermentation, all strains in cluster 2 are positive for inositol fermentation. 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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