Table 2.

Comparative sequence analysis summary of B. cereus novel sequences found from gene discovery.

B. cereus strains:	AH819		AH607		AH535		AH1123		AH812		AH1143		AH259
Total bases sequenced / strain:	1,076,892	bp	1,237,775	bp	1,500,190	bp	443,218	bp	104,276	bp	1,422,879	bp	177,983	bp
Fraction relative to the size of an average B. cereus genome:	20%		23%		28%		8%		2%		27%		3%
Total number of annotated features:	2,041		2,204		3,138		871		200		2,874		383
Species matches
B. anthracis	43	2% a	122	6% a	132	4% a	52	6% a	7	4% a	92	3% a	11	3% a
B. anthracis pXO1 & pXO2	4	0% a	0	0% a	0	0% a	0	0% a	1	1%	2	0% a	0	0% a
B. cereus 10987	503	25% a	510	23% a	431	14% a	85	10% a	34	17%	373	13% a	4	1% a
pBc10987	121	6% a	3	0% a	1	0% a	1	0% a	17	9%	0	0% a	0	0% a
B. cereus ATCC14579	143	7% a	183	8% a	427	14% a	64	7% a	15	8%	394	14% a	271	71% a
B. cereus (other strain genomes)	200	10% a	275	12% a	284	9% a	192	22% a	21	11%	227	8% a	12	3% a
B. cereus (other strain plasmids)	49	2% a	70	3% a	112	4% a	18	2% a	12	6%	73	3% a	0	0% a
B. thuringiensis	97	5% a	245	11% a	490	16% a	52	6% a	7	4%	474	16% a	40	10% a
B. thuringiensis plasmids	0	0% a	6	0% a	3	0% a	0	0% a	0	0%	0	0% a	0	0% a
Bacillus spp.	1	0.05% a	1	0.05% a	5	0.16% a	0	0.00% a	0	0.00%	6	0.21% a	0	0.00% a
Bacillus spp. plasmids	0	0% a	2	0% a	0	0% a	0	0% a	0	0%	1	0% a	0	0% a
Bacillus spp. phages	0	0% a	0	0% a	0	0%	0	0% a	0	0%	0	0% a	0	0% a
Overall Number of features similar to Bacillus species by BlastN:	1,161	57% a	1,417	64% a	1,885	60% a	464	53% a	114	57% a	1,642	57% a	338	88% a
Remaining relatively novel features (by BlastN):	880	43% a	787	36% a	1,253	40% a	407	47% a	86	43% a	1,232	43% a	45	12% a
Truly unique features from the relatively novel gene set c:	452	22% a	312	14% a	887	28% a	324	37% a	71	36% a	1,054	37% a	19	5% a

^aFraction from the total number of annotated features in the corresponding strain.

^bRemaining pORFs whose amino acid sequence shows no significant homology to proteins in databases by BlastP.