TABLE 3.
Frequency of the Bc-REP and designed primer sequences in five reported genomes of the B. cereus groupa
| Frequency | Genome
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bc1 | Bc2 | Bc3 | Ba1 | Ba2 | Bt | |
| Bc-REP 100% | 28 | 58 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| Bc-REP 96% | 24 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Direct | 89 | 94 | 32 | 28 | 28 | 33 |
| Reverse | 37 | 71 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 19 |
a
Bc1, B. cereus ATCC 14579 genome (NC 004722.1); Bc2, B. cereus ATCC 10987 genome (NC 003909.8); Bc3, B. cereus ZK genome (NC 006274); Ba1, B. anthracis strain Ames genome (NC 003997.3); Ba2, B. anthracis strain Sterne genome (NC 005945.1); Bt, B. thuringiensis strain 97.27 genome (NC 005957.1); Bc-REP 100%, frequency of sequences showing 100% homology with Bc-REP; Bc-REP 96%, frequency of sequences showing 96% homology with Bc-REP; Direct, frequency of sequences showing 100% homology with the designed direct primer; Reverse, frequency of sequences showing 100% homology with the designed reverse primer.