TABLE 2.

Toxin sequence identity to the reference strain VPI 10463

Toxinotype	% toxin sequence identity to strain VPI 10463
	TcdA	TcdB
0	99.8	99.9
III	98.1	92.2
IV	98.4	98.2
V	98.2	96.1
VIII		93.7
I	NDa	99.9
VI	ND	96.1
XII	99.7	99.8

^aND, not determined.