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

TABLE 9.

Comparison of CRISPR-cas systems in bifidobacteria

Species No. of repeats Groupa Repeat sequence Structureb
B. longum subsp. longum DJO10A 43 I CAAGCTTATCAAGAAGGGTGAATGCTAATTCCCAGC c5-c1-c2-repeats
B. dentium Bd1 17 I CAAGTTTATCAAGAAGGGTAGAAGCTAATTCCCAGT csn1-c1-c2-repeats
81 II GTCGCTCTCCTCACGGAGAGCGTGGATTGAAAT c3-c5-csd1-c1-repeats
B. dentium ATCC 27678 15 I CAAGTTTATCAAGAAGGGTAGAAGCTAATTCCCAGT c5-c1-c2-repeats
19 II GTCGCTCTCCTCACGGAGAGCGTGGATTGAAAT c3-c5-csd1-csd2-c4-c1-c2-repeats
B. adolescentis ATCC 15703 86 II GGTCGCTCTCCTTACGGAGAGCGTGGATTGAAAT c3-c5-csd1a-csd1b-csd2-c4-c1-c2-repeats
B. adolescentis L2-32B 113 II GGTCGCTCTCCTTACGGAGAGCGTGGATTGAAAT c3-csd2-c4-c1-c2-repeats 2-repeats 1
B. animalis subsp. lactis AD011 20 III CCCTCAATGAAGCTCCGAAGCCGAGACTTCGGAGAT c3-c_GSU0053-c1-repeats
B. animalis subsp. lactis HN019 20 III CCCTCAATGAAGCTCCGAAGCCGAGACTTCGGAGAT c3-hyp-c_GSU0053-c2-c1-repeats
B. animalis subsp. lactis Bl-04 22 III CCCTCAATGAAGCTCCGAAGCCGAGACTTCGGAGAT csb3-c3-csb2-csb1-c2-c1-repeats
B. animalis subsp. lactis DSM 10140 20 III CCCTCAATGAAGCTCCGAAGCCGAGACTTCGGAGAT csb3-c3-csb2-csb1-c2-c1-repeats
B. animalis subsp. lactis Bb-12 20 III CCCTCAATGAAGCTCCGAAGCCGAGACTTCGGAGAT csb3-c3-csb2-csb1-hyp-c1-repeats
B. angulatum DSM 20098 139? IV GTGTTCCCCGCACACGCGGGGATGATCCC c3-cse1-cse2-cse4-c5-cse3-c1-c2-repeats
B. catenulatum JCM1194 34 IV GTGTTCCCCGCATACGCGGGGATGATCCC c3-truncated-cse4-c5-cse3-c1-c2-repeats
a

CRISPR groups represent elements with identical repeat sequences.

b

c1 to c5, CRISPR-associated cas1 to cas5 genes; csd1-csd2, CRISPR-associated csd1-csd2 family genes; c_GSU0053, GSU0053 family CRISPR-associated gene; cse1 to cse4, CRISPR-associated cse1 to cse4 family genes; csn1, CRISPR-associated csn1 family gene; hyp, hypothetical protein gene; truncated, incomplete draft sequence.