TABLE 1.

The 73 housekeeping genes selected for investigation for use in the genus MLST scheme

Syntenic block	Relative location on each syntenic block in relation to the Y. enterocolitica 8081 reference genome:		Size (bp)	Housekeeping gene(s) in each block
	Beginning	End
1	0	107030	107,030	asnA, dfp, tpiA, glnA
2	108300	191330	83,030	sthA
3	191500	202555	11,055	rhlB, rho
4	282830	313630	30,800	udp, aarF, hemB
5	879520	980830	101,310	pcm, recA
6	1039400	1251800	212,400	gloB, nadB, guaA, nrdF, nrdE
7	1802900	1991400	188,500	purB, ptsG, phoQ, phoP, purT, pip, tmk, icdA
8	2027865	2087750	59,885	kduD1
9	2108500	2142600	34,100	NDa
10	2154500	2325300	170,800	tyrR
11	2447240	2499700	52,460	topB, ansA, dadA, nhaB, fadR, xthA
12	2554700	2591553	36,853	minD, zwf, aspS, znuC, znuA, znuB, minC, rnd, msbB
13	2602500	2630230	27,730	kdsA, prfA, hemA
14	2640950	2668185	27,235	chaA
15	2668285	2709585	41,300	ND
16	2709700	2800900	91,200	ND
17	2854263	3294700	440,437	folE, nadA, udk, sfcA, glnS
18	3313400	3544778	231,378	proB, rosA, hemH, adk
19	3610900	3712864	101,964	thyA, tas, lgt, galR, lysS, prfB
20	3726200	3761260	35,060	tktA, speA, gshB, endA
21	3960000	4238800	278,800	rfaE, pyrB, parC, gcp, uxaC
22	4245400	4464400	219,000	ND
23	4504400	4561500	57,100	fdoI, fdhE, glnQ
Total size of syntenic blocks			2,639,427
Total size of Y. enterocolitica 8081 genome			4,615,899

^aND, no housekeeping genes present in the syntenic block.