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Table 6 Consensus clustering generated from Tests 1, 3 and 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(4), C(1), MP(1), Faeces(1)

 

C. sakazakii

3

IF(1), FuF(4), U(1)

 

C. sakazakii

4

C(1), IF(1)

C(7), IF(5), MP(1), E(1), Washing Brush(1), U(1)

C. sakazakii

8

 

C(5)

C. sakazakii

12

 

U(1)

C. sakazakii

13

 

C(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(3), Faeces(1), 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.