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Table 5 Consensus clustering generated from Tests 1-4 data

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

Cronobacterspecies

MLST Type

Cluster 1 potential non-pathogenic:

Source(number of strains)

Cluster 2 potential pathogenic:

Source (number of strains)

C. sakazakii

1

IF(3), C(1), Faeces(1)

IF(1), MP(1)

C. sakazakii

3

IF(1), FuF(2)

FuF(2), U(1)

C. sakazakii

4

 

IF(7), C(6), MP(1), E(1), U(1), Washing Brush(1)

C. sakazakii

8

 

C(5)

C. sakazakii

12

 

U(1)

C. sakazakii

13

 

C(1)

C. sakazakii

15

 

C(1)

C. sakazakii

16

 

C(1)

C. sakazakii

17

 

IF(1)

C. sakazakii

18

 

C(1)

C. malonaticus

7

C(1), Faeces(1)

C(2), WF(1)

C. malonaticus

10

 

Herbs(1)

C. malonaticus

11

 

C(1)

  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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