TABLE 2.

Features and differences of the nucleotide sequences from the C2II gene from Clostridium botulinum strains (C) 203U28, (C) 468, and (D) 1873 and the common part of the C2II gene from strain (C) 2300

Strain	Sequence length (nt)	No. of:		% identity to the common part of strain 2300
		Matches	Mismatches
(C) 2300	2,553			100
(C) 203U28	2,166	2,110	56	98
(C) 468	2,166	2,099	67	96
(D) 1873	2,166	2,098	68	96