Table 2.

Distribution of key virulence genes among B. cereus group species and WGS clades

	% Isolates that carry virulence genesa
Species	cry	cya + lef + pag	capA	capB	capC	capD	capE	cesA	cesB	cesC	cesD	cytK	entFM	hblA	hblB	hblC	hblD	nheABC
B. anthracis (n = 5)		60	80	80	80	80	80						100					100
B. cereus (n = 20)		15	15	5	15	15	10	5	5	5	5	70	95	50	45	45	50	100
B. cytotoxicus (n = 1)												100	100					100
B. mycoides (n = 3)												33	100	100	67	100	100	100
B. pseudomycoides (n = 1)													100	100	100			100
B. thuringiensis (n = 14)	71		7		7	7						79	100	86	86	86	86	100
B. toyonensis (n = 1)							100			100			100	100	100	100	100	100
B. weihenstephanensis (n = 2)	50												100	100	50	100	100	100
Dairy-associated isolates (n = 22)	9											68	100	59	50	59	59	100
WGS clade
Clade I (n = 4)													100	100	75	75	75	100
Clade II (n = 2)												100	100	50	50	50	50	100
Clade III-a (n = 19)	16	26	37	26	37	37	32					47	100	26	26	26	26	100
Clade III-b (n = 6)	33	17										83	83	67	67	67	67	100
Clade III-c (n = 10)	10							10	10	10	10	50	100	10	10	10	10	100
Clade IV (n = 20)	40		5		5	5						95	100	100	95	95	100	100
Clade V (n = 3)	33						33			33			100	100	100	100	100	100
Clade VI (n = 4)	25												100	100	25	100	100	100
Clade VII (n = 1)												100	100					100

^a Virulence genes were identified in whole genome sequences using BLAST