FIG. 1.

Alignment of J2315 wbiI homologues. Numbers at the ends of each sequence represent nucleotide designations in the whole gene. The consensus sequence is shown on the next-to-last line. Underlined sequences were used to design primers Mconfor and Mconrev, shown on the bottom line. Homologues used are as follows: wbiI from J2315 (www.sanger.ac.uk), wbiI from Burkholderia pseudomallei (AF064070), wbpM from P. aeruginosa PAO1 (www.pseudomonas.com), cap5D from S. aureus (U81973), wbfY from V. cholerae (AB012957), flaA1 HP0804 from Helicobacter pylori 26695 (AE000595), cap8E from S. aureus (U73374).