TABLE I. Distribution of virulence genes, variable-number of tandem repeats (VNTR) types, sequence types (STs) and origin of the Bacillus species examined .
| Isolate | Bacterial species | Source of isolation | Country of isolation |
Year of isolation |
ST | VNTR typea |
cytk | inA | be |
pag,
lef, cya |
cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LFB563 | Bacillus thuringiensis pakistani | Soil | Brazil | NA | 534 | 4 | P | N | N | N | N |
| LFB683 | B. thuringiensis finitimus | Soil | Brazil | NA | 529 | 3 | N | N | N | N | N |
| LFB891 | B. thuringiensis aizawai | Food - black pepper | Brazil | 1994 | 535 | 4 | P | N | N | N | N |
| LFB472 | B. thuringiensis sotto | Insect | Pakistan | NA | 518 | 1 | P | P | N | N | N |
| LFB858 | B. aizawai | Food - black pepper | Brazil | 1994 | 526 | 3 | P | P | N | N | N |
| LFB860 | B. thuringiensis israelensis | Food - black pepper | Brazil | 1994 | 537 | 5 | P | P | N | N | N |
| LFB862 | B. thuringiensis | Food- black pepper | Brazil | 1994 | 523 | 2 | P | N | N | N | N |
| LFB861 | B. thuringiensis israelensis | Food - black pepper | Brazil | 1994 | 538 | 5 | P | N | N | N | N |
| LFB914 | B. thuringiensis israelensis | Soil | Brazil | 1992 | 540 | 5 | P | N | N | N | N |
| LFB584 | B. thuringiensis israelensis | Insect | Israel | NA | 527 | 2 | N | N | N | N | N |
| LFB476 | B. thuringiensis morrisoni | Soil | Brazil | 1998 | 522 | 2 | P | N | N | N | N |
| LFB120 | Bacillus mycoides ATCC1120 | NA | NA | NA | 524 | 2 | P | N | N | N | N |
| LFB208 | Bacillus cereus ATCC 33018 | Food | Colombia | NA | 519 | 1 | N | N | N | N | N |
| LFB476 | B. cereus ATCC 33019 | Food | Colombia | NA | 516 | 3 | N | N | N | N | N |
| LFB406 | B. cereus NCTC 2599 | NA | NA | NA | 517 | 5 | P | N | N | N | N |
| LFB1123 | B. cereus | Insect | Madagascar | NA | 520 | 5 | P | N | N | N | N |
| LFB1125 | B. cereus | Insect | Madagascar | NA | 528 | 3 | P | N | N | N | N |
| LFB1130 | B. cereus | Insect | Egypt | NA | 539 | 5 | NA | N | NA | N | N |
| LFB1131 | B. cereus | Insect | Czechoslovakia | NA | 536 | 5 | P | N | NA | N | N |
| LFB1133 | B. cereus | Insect | USA | NA | 533 | 4 | P | N | NA | N | N |
| LFB513 | B. cereus | Food - rice mousse | Brazil | 1987 | 542 | 3 | N | N | N | N | N |
| LFB693 | B. cereus | Food - ice cream | Brazil | 1987 | 530 | 4 | P | N | N | N | N |
| LFB704 | B. cereus | Food - soup | Brazil | 1987 | 541 | 5 | P | N | N | N | N |
| LFB585 | B. cereus | Urinary infection | Brazil | < 2001 | 525 | 3 | P | N | N | N | N |
| LFB586 | B. cereus | Urinary infection | Brazil | < 2000 | 531 | 4 | P | N | N | N | N |
a: additional details are provided in Zahner et al. (2005). LFB codes are as used in the culture collection catalogue of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute. N: negative; NA: not available; P: positive.