Cereulide synthetase gene cluster from emetic Bacillus cereus: Structure and location on a mega virulence plasmid related to Bacillus anthracis toxin plasmid pXO1

Table 4 Conservation of pXO1 sequence in the emetic lineage of B. cereus.

Strain	Subgroup^a	pXO1-11	pXO1-14	pXO1-23	pXO1-55	pXO1-98	pXO1-lef	pXO1-pagA	pXO1-atxA	pXO1-136 cot43	pXO1-142
F4810/72	E	x^b	x	x	x	x	-	-	-	x	x
MHI 1305	E	x	x	x	x	x	-	-	(x)	x	x
UHDAM-IH41385	E	x	x	x	x	-	-	-	-	x	x
NVH 0075-95	EL	x	x	x	x	-	-	-	-	-	x
NVH 1519-00	EL	x	x	x	x	x	-	-	-	-	x
F4429/71	EL	-	x	x	x	-	-	-	-	(x)	-
NVH 200	EL	-	-	x	x	-	-	-	-	x	x
RIVM-BC-0063	EL	-	x	x	(x)	x	-	-	-	-	-
WSBC 10892	EL	x	-	x	-	x	-	-	-	x	x
WSBC 10028	NE	-	-	-	(x)	-	-	-	-	-	(x)
WSBC 10035	NE	-	(x)	x	(x)	-	-	-	-	-	-
WSBC 10204^T	NE	-	(x)	-.	x	-	-	-	-	-	-
ATCC 14579^T	NE	-	x	-	x	-	-	-	-	-	-

a) E: emetic strains and EL: emetic-like strains as defined by Ehling-Schulz et al., [36]; NE refers to non-emetic strains. b) X hybridization observed; (X) weak hybridization signal; – no hybridization signal.

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