TABLE 2.
Levels of amino acid identity for the proteins encoded in the E. coli O157, S. enterica O30, and C. freundii F90 O-antigen gene clusters and G+C content of each gene in the clusters
| O-antigen gene cluster gene | % Amino acid identity for:
|
G+C content (%)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. freundii F90 and S. enterica O30 | C. freundii F90 and E. coli 0157 | E. coli O157 and S. enterica O30 | C. freundii F90 | E. coli O157 | S. enterica O30 | |
| galF | 92.0 | 90.9 | 93.6 | 50.0 | 50.5 | 51.7 |
| wbdN | 62.5 | 59.4 | 61.1 | 29.8 | 29.9 | 29.3 |
| wzy | 60.6 | 54.8 | 59.5 | 29.8 | 30.0 | 28.0 |
| wbdO | 62.1 | 59.3 | 60.4 | 30.5 | 30.2 | 27.6 |
| wzx | 63.8 | 62.5 | 69.4 | 32.7 | 31.3 | 30.6 |
| per | 80.2 | 81.3 | 83.8 | 35.3 | 34.7 | 34.6 |
| wbpP | 64.5 | 60.2 | 66.5 | 32.9 | 31.6 | 33.0 |
| gmd | 93.2 | 87.0 | 90.8 | 45.1 | 38.9 | 55.4 |
| fcl | 86.3 | 76.9 | 75.5 | 47.6 | 38.4 | 58.6 |
| gmm | 65.1 | 59.4 | 59.4 | 43.6 | 39 | 56.8 |
| manC | 78.2 | 78 | 80.9 | 36.2 | 37.6 | 39.2 |
| manB | 87.1 | 88.6 | 87.7 | 57.2 | 54.1 | 61.0 |
| vbdR | 37.5 | |||||
| gnd | 95.6 | 96.4 | 97.2 | 51.8 | 50.8 | 52.0 |