TABLE 1.
B. thermosphacta strains
| Strain | Meat sourcea | Genome size (bp) | No. of contigs | G+C content (%) | No. of protein-coding genes | No. of tRNAs | GenBank accession no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSM 20171b | Pork sausage | 2,494,302 | 41 | 36.4 | 2,290 | 84 | MDLK00000000 |
| 7803c | Beef (MAP) | 2,575,404 | 61 | 36.3 | 2,348 | 80 | MDLL00000000 |
| 7804c | Beef (MAP) | 2,613,933 | 56 | 36.3 | 2,415 | 83 | MDLU00000000 |
| 7806c | Beef (air) | 2,539,264 | 41 | 36.3 | 2,328 | 80 | MDLM00000000 |
| 7807c | Lamb (air) | 2,482,452 | 31 | 36.4 | 2,277 | 91 | MDLN00000000 |
| 7808c | Lamb (air) | 2,557,615 | 68 | 36.3 | 2,328 | 86 | MDLO00000000 |
| 7809c | Beef (air) | 2,491,703 | 22 | 36.3 | 2,273 | 80 | MDLV00000000 |
| 7810c | Beef (air) | 2,471,990 | 22 | 36.4 | 2,244 | 80 | MDLP00000000 |
| 7811d | Beef (air) | 2,548,405 | 186 | 36.3 | 2,292 | 81 | MDLT00000000 |
| 7813d | Veal mince (MAP) | 2,642,200 | 166 | 36.2 | 2,417 | 90 | MDLQ00000000 |
| 7816d | Lamb (air) | 2,584,597 | 157 | 36.3 | 2,342 | 71 | MDLR00000000 |
| 7818d | Beef (air) | 2,587,934 | 130 | 36.3 | 2,364 | 82 | MDLS00000000 |
a
MAP, modified atmosphere packaged. Air indicates storage under aerobic conditions.
b
Type strain (isolated during a study on the microflora of fresh pork sausage by Sulzbacher and Mclean [37]).
c
Strains were isolated in 1993 (meat sources obtained in Melbourne, Australia) during a meat spoilage study (H. M. Craven and N. Baxter-Keene, CSIRO Agriculture and Food, unpublished data).
d
Strains were isolated for this study from meat sources obtained in Melbourne, Australia.