Table 3. Identification and characterization of C. botulinum strains based on the sequences retrieved by the PathogenID v2.0 microarray and the BLAST analysis results.
| Strain | Toxin subtype | PathogenID v2.0 RMA results | ||
| Taxonomic identification | Neurotoxin subtype | BoNT gene cluster characterization | ||
| Hall | A1 | C. botulinum group I | A1 | ha+/OrfX− |
| 1430.11 | A5(B′) | C. botulinum group I | A5, B | ha+/OrfX− |
| 2916 | A1(B) | C. botulinum group I | A1, bivalent B | ha+/OrfX+ |
| Loch Maree | A3 | C. botulinum group I | A3 | ha-/OrfX+ |
| BL6 | B2 | C. botulinum group I | proteolytic B | ha+/OrfX− |
| 168.08 | Bf2 | C. botulinum group I | bivalent B, F2 | ha+/OrfX+ |
| NCIB10658 | F6 | C. botulinum group I | proteolytic F | ha-/OrfX+ |
| K16 | E1 | C. botulinum group II | E1 | ha-/OrfX+ |
| 468 | C1 | C. botulinum group III | C1 | ha+/OrfX− |
| 1873 | D | C. botulinum group III | D | ha+/OrfX− |
| NCIB10714 | G | C. botulinum group IV | G | ha+/OrfX− |