Table 1.

Genome features and phenotypes of sequenced P. multocida strains

Strain	Source	Typing	GenBank accession no., size (Mbp)	No. of:
				Genes	Proteins
P. multocida subsp. multocida Pm70	Oviduct of chicken with fowl cholera	Capsular serotype F:3, nontoxinogenica	AE004439.1, 2.26	2,089	2,012
P. multocida subsp. gallicida X73	Fowl cholera	Capsular serotype A:1, nontoxinogenica	CM001580.1, 2.27	2,128	2,069
P. multocida subsp. gallicida P1059	Turkey liver	Capsular serotype A:3, nontoxinogenica	CM001581.1, 2.31	2,168	2,111
P. multocida 36950	Bovine respiratory infection	Capsular serotype A,b nontoxinogenic,a ICEPmu1c	CP003022.1, 2.35	2,202	2,098
P. multocida 3480	Lung of swine with pneumonia	Capsular serotype A,b nontoxinogenica	CP001409.1, 2.38	2,296	2,223
P. multocida subsp. multocida HN06	Diseased swine	Capsular serotype D, toxinogenica	CP003313.1, 2.41 (pHN06, 5,360 bp)	2,361	2,265

^aBased on presence or absence of the toxA gene, which encodes PMT.

^bBased on sequence homology to strains X73 and P1059 within the cap locus, which carries genes for capsule biosynthesis (Fig. 4).

^cICEPmu1, integrative conjugative element of P. multocida (79, 80).