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. 2010 Sep;74(3):378–416. doi: 10.1128/MMBR.00004-10

TABLE 8.

IS elements in bifidobacteria

IS family No. of elements (no. of complete elements)a
B. longum subsp. longum
B. longum subsp. infantis ATCC 15697 B. adolescentis ATCC 15703 B. dentium Bd1 B. animalis subsp. lactis
DJO10A NCC2705 AD011 Bl-04 DSM 10140 Bb-12
IS3 13 (1) 14 (2) 16 (9) 8 (3) 6 (5) 0 0 0 0
IS21 10 (8) 7 (5) 7 (1) 5 (3) 0 0 0 0 0
IS30 9 (5) 5 (3) 15 (2) 2 (0) 0 0 0 0 0
IS110 0 0 6 (5) 0 0 0 0 0 0
IS256 4 (2) 7 (5) 7 (2) 3 (1) 0 0 0 0 0
IS607/IS200 1 (1) 1 (1) 2 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 0
ISL3 7 (0) 12 (0) 3 (0) 0 0 7 (6) 6 (5) 6 (5) 6 (6)
a

Numbers in bold indicate species-specific IS elements.