Table 1.

Bacterial strains used in this study and number of LT2 genes absent

Strain	Abbreviation	Salmonellassp.	Source/ref.	No. of CDS missing*	No. in Fig. 1
Y. pestis CO92	YPE	—	(23)	2326†	1
K. pneumoniae MGH 78578	KPN	—	(17)	1642†	2
E. coli K12	ECH	—	(21)	1491†	3
E. coli O157:H7	ECO	—	(22)	1425†	4
S. bongori S-1399	SBO S-1399	(V)	SGSC‡	776	5
S. bongori SA4410	SBO SA4410	(V)	SGSC	773	6
S. bongori SARC11	SBO SARC11	(V)	SGSC	710	7
S. enterica SARC16	—	VII	SGSC	734	8
S. enterica SARC15	—	VII	SGSC	740	9
S. enterica SARC14	—	VI	SGSC	677	10
S. enterica SARC13	—	VI	SGSC	599	11
S. enterica SARC10	—	IV	SGSC	766	12
S. enterica SARC9	—	IV	SGSC	742	13
S. enterica SARC8	—	IIIb	SGSC	657	14
S. enterica SARC7	—	IIIb	SGSC	684	15
S. enterica sv Arizonae	—	IIIa	SGSC	706	16
S. enterica SARC6	—	IIIa	SGSC	787	17
S. enterica SARC5	—	IIIa	SGSC	754	18
S. enterica SARC4	—	II	SGSC	564	19
S. enterica SARC3	—	II	SGSC	619	20
S. enterica sv. Paratyphi A SARB42	SPA SARB44	I	SGSC	480	21
S. enterica sv. Typhi IN15	STY IN15	I	SGSC	430	22
S. enterica sv. Typhi CT18	STY CT18	I	(20)	426	23
S. enterica sv. Paratyphi B SARB44	SPB SARB44	I	SGSC	307	24
STM SL1344	STM SL1344	I	D. G. Guiney, San Diego	171	25
STM TA97	STM TA97	I	D. M. DeMarini, Research Triangle Park, NC	15	26
STM LT2	STM LT2	I	(17)	0	—

^*Determined by microarray (for cutoffs see Materials and Methods) unless stated otherwise. 

^† Determined by sequence comparison (for cutoffs see Materials and Methods). 

^‡ Salmonella Genetic Stock Center, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.