TABLE 3.

Protein homology searches for the B. thailandensis QS genes

Gene	% Identity	% Similarity	Homologya	Protein accession no.b
btaI1	96	97	B. pseudomallei AHS	AF501236_1
	96	97	B. mallei AHS	AF525414_1
	80	88	B. cepacia AHS CepI	AF330012_1
btaI2	48	65	B. cepacia AHS BviI	AAD12727_1
	48	65	Burkholderia ambifaria AHS BafI	AAK27305_1
	48	65	B. cepacia AHS CepI	AF330012_1
btaI3	40	54	B. mallei AHS	AF525414_1
	40	54	B. pseudomallei AHS	AF501236_1
	38	51	Ralstonia solanacearum AHS SolI	CAD17074_1
btaR1	80	88	B. vietnamiensis AHL receptor	AF333007_1
	80	89	Burkholderia stabilis AHL receptor	AF330021_1
	80	89	B. cepacia AHL receptor	AF330020_1
btaR2	43	64	R. solanacearum transcriptional activator protein	CAD17929_1
	40	58	R. solanacearum transcriptional activator protein SolR	AF330023_1
	42	59	B. cepacia AHL receptor CepR	AF330023_1
btaR3	45	62	Burkholderia fungorum DNA-binding protein	ZP_00030469.1
	36	57	Bradyrhizobium japonicum transcriptional regulatory protein	NP_768520.1
	35	56	Mesorhizobium loti unknown protein	BAB52313.1
btaR4	35	50	Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 transcriptional regulator	AE004616_1
	33	49	Listonella anguillarum transcriptional regulator VanR	AAC45213.1
	35	50	R. solanacearum transcriptional activator protein SolR	CAD17075.1
btaR5	51	66	R. solanacearum transcriptional activator protein SolR	CAD17929.1
	41	56	B. cepacia transcriptional activator BviR	AF296284_2
	39	57	R. solanacearum transcriptional activator protein SolR	CAD17075.1

^aLuxI or LuxR proteins similar to that of B. thailandensis.

^bGenBank protein accession number.