Table 1. Similarities between proteins encoded by the P. larvae dhb gene cluster (P. larvae) and the B. cereus dhb gene cluster compared by BLASTX [74].

P. larvae-gene	GenBank DSM25719 (ERIC I)	GenBank DSM25430 (ERIC II)	Amino acid ERIC I	Amino acid ERIC II	Proposed function	Sequence similarity	Similarity (%)
dhbA	ETK27271.1	AHD05396.1	261	261	2,3-Dihydro-2,3-DHBA- dehydrogenase	DhbA, B. cereus	74
dhbC	ETK27270.1	AHD05397.1	408	408	Isochorismate synthase	DhbC, B. cereus	70
dhbE	ETK27269.1	AHD05398.1	541	541	DHBA-AMP ligase	DhbE, B. cereus	79
dhbB	ETK27268.1	AHD05399.1	308	308	Isochorismatase	DhbB, B. cereus	73
dhbF	ETK27267.1	AHD05400.1	2387	2387	NRPS	DhbF, B. cereus	71