TABLE 1.

gyrA nucleotide differences between B. anthracis and B. cereus strains BACI177 and BACI180^a

Codon change (B. anthracis → B. cereus)	Base position	Amino acid change
TTT → TTC	656	Phe → Phe
TTA → CTA	792	Leu → Leu
TTG → CTG	1065	Leu → Leu
GAC → GAT	1668	Asp → Asp
AAA → AAG	1692	Lys → Lys
ATC → ATT	1926	Ile → Ile

^aBoth strains of B. cereus had all of these codon changes.