Table 1. Comparison of the virulence genes of the uncharacterized CU strains to that of 35000HP and CIP542.
| Class I CU strains | Class II CU strains | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAN1 | VAN3 | VAN4 | VAN5 | GHA3 | GHA5 | GHA8 | GHA9 | VAN2 | GHA1 | GHA2 | |
| cpxA | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | CIP542 | CIP542 | CIP542 |
| csrA* | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP |
| dksA | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | CIP542 | CIP542 | CIP542 |
| dltA | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | CIP542 | CIP542 | CIP542 |
| dsrA | A1 | A1 | A1 | A1 | A2 | A2 | A3 | A3 | B | B | B |
| fgbA | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | A | A | 35000HP | 35000HP | CIP542 | CIP542 | CIP542 |
| flp1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | CIP542 | CIP542 | CIP542 |
| flp2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | CIP542 | CIP542 | CIP542 |
| flp3 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | CIP542 | CIP542 | CIP542 |
| hfq | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | A | A | 35000HP | 35000HP | CIP542 | CIP542 | CIP542 |
| hgbA | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | CIP542 | CIP542 | CIP542 |
| lspA1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | - | - | - |
| lspA2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | - | - | - |
| luxS* | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | CIP542 | CIP542 | CIP542 |
| ncaA | A | A | A | A | A | A | 35000HP | 35000HP | CIP542 | CIP542 | CIP542 |
| pal | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | CIP542 | CIP542 | CIP542 |
| relA | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | CIP542 | CIP542 | CIP542 |
| sapA | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | CIP542 | CIP542 | CIP542 |
| sapB | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | CIP542 | CIP542 | CIP542 |
| sapC | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | CIP542 | CIP542 | CIP542 |
| spoT | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | A | A | A | A | CIP542 | CIP542 | CIP542 |
| tadA | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | A | A | 35000HP | 35000HP | CIP542 | CIP542 | CIP542 |
| wecA | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | 35000HP | CIP542 | CIP542 | CIP542 |
35000HP, the nucleotide sequence is identical to that of 35000HP.
CIP542, the nucleotide sequence is identical to that of CIP542.
*, the csrA and luxS alleles of 35000HP and CIP542 are identical
A, the nucleotide sequence differs from 35000HP by at least 1 nucleotide but is identical within the class I CU strains; A1, A2, and A3 designate groups of strains with dsrA alleles that also differ from each other.
B, the nucleotide sequence is different from CIP542 by at least 1 nucleotide but is identical within the class II CU strains.
-, complete sequence not available for CIP542 and therefore, no comparison with the class II CU strains.