FIG. 4.

Complete FCT region of strain A735 and a possible hot spot for recombination. The complete FCT region for strain A735 is shown. The categories for each locus, and homology to other FCT region loci, are summarized in Table 3. The vertical lines indicate ≈4-kb intervals. The percent nucleotide sequence identity (nt id) to FCT region genes from other strains is shown for a 1.8-kb region spanning from the 3′-end region of prtF1.12 through the 5′-end region of cpa.12. The relative positions of the aligned regions are shown in Fig. 1 (for strain SF370) and 2 (for strain D471) and indicate genomic rearrangements.