Table 2. Presence of pathogen toxin genes in feces of wild and captive grizzly bears.
| Clostridial toxin genes [log gene copy numbers g−1] | Enterobacteriacae toxin genes [log gene copy numbers g−1] | |||||
| Population | Animal (number of samples) | C. perfringens alpha toxin A cpa | C. sordellii phospholipase C cspC | EAST | LT | STa |
| 1 | W1 (6) | NDa | ND | 7.3±1.6A | +f | +k |
| W2 (11) | +b | +d,q | 7.5±1.2A | +g | +l | |
| 2 | W5 (14) | +c | ND | 6.3±1.8AB | +h | +m |
| W6 (8) | ND | +e,q | 6.0±1.7AB | ND | +n | |
| 3 | C1 (7) | 5.6±1.3 | ND | 5.6±1.0B | +i | +o |
| C2 (8) | 5.2±1.1 | ND | 5.6±1.7B | +j | +p | |
a
ND not detected,
b
(n = 1) 3.7±0.1 log gene copy numbers g−1,
c
(n = 3) 2.5±0.2–3.2±0.4 log gene copy numbers g−1,
d
(n = 2) 6.5±0.1–10.5±0 log gene copy numbers g−1,
e
(n = 1) 10.1±0 log gene copy numbers g−1,
f
(n = 1) 4.7±0.2 log gene copy numbers g−1,
g
(n = 1) 4.7±0.3 log gene copy numbers g−1,
h
(n = 4) 4.7±0.1 log gene copy numbers g−1,
i
(n = 1) 4.7±0.1 log gene copy numbers g−1,
j
(n = 1) 4.2±0 log gene copy numbers g−1,
k
(n = 1) 5.2±0 log gene copy numbers g−1,
l
(n = 2) 4.2±0.1 log gene copy numbers g−1,
m
(n = 5) 4.2±0.4–8.1±0 log gene copy numbers g−1,
n
(n = 1) 4.4±0 log gene copy numbers g−1,
o
(n = 1) 4.7±0.2 log gene copy numbers g−1,
p
(n = 1) 3.8±0 log gene.