BMC Microbiology

Table 2 Core and differential carbon sources utilised by strains used in this study

From: Differences in carbon source utilisation distinguish Campylobacter jejuni from Campylobacter coli

	Carbon source	C. jejuni													C. coli
	Carbon source	K1	K2	K4	K5	K6	81176	81116	11168	32799	33084	Cj1	Cj2	Cj5	K3	K7
Amino Acids	L-Proline	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	L-Asparagine	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	L-Serine	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	L-Aspartic Acid	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	L-Glutamic Acid	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+
	L-Glutamine	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+
Citric Acid Intermediates	Methyl Pyruvate	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	L-Malic Acid	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Succinic Acid	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	D,L-Malic Acid	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Bromo Succinic Acid	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Fumaric Acid	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Mono Methyl Succinate	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+
	D-Malic Acid	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-
Carboxylic Acids	L-Lactic Acid	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	D-Lactic Acid Methyl Ester	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	a-Hydroxy Butyric Acid	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Formic Acid	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Propionic Acid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+
Carbohydrates	L-Fucose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	+

The carbon sources that are core to all the strains have been highlighted in bold.

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