FIG. 5.

Positions of subgroup-specific differences in the gyrB gene in the B. cereus group. Only differences that are unique for one of the subgroups are shown. (Members of each subgroup are displayed in Fig. 4.) Differences indicated for each subgroup were present in gyrB sequences of all members of that subgroup. The sequence complementary to the B. anthracis Ames gyrB gene (GenBank accession no. AE017024) has been used as the consensus sequence. Vertical lines indicate nucleotides identical to the consensus sequence. Multiple nucleotide substitutions (w, y, m, and r) indicate that more than one subgroup member revealed alternative differences. w, a or t; y, c or t; m, a or c; r, a or g.