TABLE 1.
B. anthracis, B. cereus, B. thuringiensis, B. mycoides, and B. megaterium strains used in this study
| Bacillus sp. | Strain no.a | Accession no. |
|---|---|---|
| B. anthracis Sterne | AY169510 | |
| B. anthracis Pasteur no. 2 Army | AY169511 | |
| B. anthracis | ATCC 14185 | AY169512 |
| B. anthracis | GJ-1c | AY169513 |
| B. anthracis | GJ-2c | AY169514 |
| B. anthracis Amesb | NC003997b | |
| B. anthracis Floridab | A2012 | NC003995b |
| B. anthracis Kruger Bb | NC004126b | |
| B. anthracis Western NAb | ||
| B. cereus | ATCC 9634 | AY169515 |
| B. cereus | IMSNU 11011 | AY169516 |
| B. cereus | IMSNU 11012 | AY169517 |
| B. cereus | IMSNU 11013 | AY169518 |
| B. cereus | IMSNU 13043 | AY169519 |
| B. cereus | IMSNU 13044 | AY169520 |
| B. cereus | IMSNU 13045 | AY169521 |
| B. cereus | IMSNU 13046 | AY169522 |
| B. cereus | IMSNU 13047 | AY169523 |
| B. cereus | IMSNU 12076 | AY169524 |
| B. cereus | IMSNU 12077 | AY169525 |
| B. cereus | IMSNU 12078 | AY169526 |
| B. cereus | IMSNU 12079 | AY169527 |
| B. cereus | KCTC 1012 | AY169528 |
| B. cereus | KCTC 1014 | AY169529 |
| B. thuringiensis | KCTC 1507 | AY169530 |
| B. thuringiensis | KCTC 1509 | AY169531 |
| B. thuringiensis | IMSNU 12089 | AY169532 |
| B. thuringiensis subsp. berliner | IMSNU 12095 | AY169533 |
| B. thuringiensis subsp. dendrolimus | IMSNU 12096 | AY169534 |
| B. thuringiensis subsp. entomocidus | IMSNU 12097 | AY169535 |
| B. thuringiensis subsp. finitimus | IMSNU 12098 | AY169536 |
| B. thuringiensis subsp. indiana | IMSNU 12099 | AY169537 |
| B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki | IMSNU 10051 | AY169538 |
| B. thuringiensis subsp. pakistani | IMSNU 12092 | AY169539 |
| B. mycoides | KCCM 40260 | AY169540 |
| B. megaterium | KCTC 3007 | AY169541 |
a
ATCC, American Type Culture Collection; IMSNU, Institute of Microbiology Seoul National University; KCTC, Korean Collection for Type Cultures; KCCM, Korean Culture Center of Microorganisms.
b
B. anthracis strains that for which the rpoB sequences were obtained from the public database GenBank or from the website of The Institute for Genomic Research (www.tigr.org).
c
B. anthracis strains isolated from human (GJ-1) and cow (GJ-2) sources in Korea.