Table 4.
Virulence-factor genes predicted within SAR.
| Strains *. | N | Genes |
|---|---|---|
| B1; B2; B3; AR1; AR10; AR11; AR12; AR13; AR14; AR15; AR16; AR17; AR18; AR2; AR3; AR4; AR5; AR6; AR7; AR8; AR9; TS; B | 2 | Undetermined capsule, sspA |
| B1; B2; B3; AR1; AR10; AR11; AR12; AR14; AR15; AR16; AR17; AR18; AR2; AR3; AR4; AR5; AR6; AR7; AR8; AR9; TS; B | 1 | lip |
| B1; B2; B3; AR10; AR11; AR12; AR13; AR14; AR15; AR16; AR17; AR18; AR2; AR3; AR4; AR5; AR6; AR7; AR8; AR9; TS; B | 1 | nuc |
| B1; B2; B3; AR1; AR10; AR11; AR12; AR13; AR14; AR15; AR16; AR17; AR18; AR2; AR3; AR4; AR5; AR6; AR7; AR8; AR9; B | 3 | capC, capB, galE |
| AR1; AR10; AR11; AR13; AR14; AR15; AR16; AR17; AR18; AR2; AR3; AR4; AR5; AR6; AR7; AR8; AR9; B | 1 | wbtP |
| AR10; AR11; AR12; AR13; AR14; AR15; AR16; AR2; AR3; AR4; AR5; AR6; AR7; AR8; AR9 | 6 | esaB, esaA, esBA, ess, essC, essA |
| B2; AR10; AR13; AR3; AR7; AR8; AR9 | 1 | lspA |
| B2; AR12; AR13; AR18; AR7; AR8 | 1 | gtaB |
| AR12; AR13; AR7; AR8 | 2 | tuf, katA |
| B1; B2; B3 | 1 | vctC |
| B2; AR12; AR8 | 5 | plr/gapA, ndk, eno, acpBL, flmH |
| B2; AR13; AR8 | 2 | lgt, lpeA |
| AR1; AR15; AR8 | 1 | cylR2 |
| AR12; AR13; AR8 | 1 | slrA |
| AR17; B | 1 | uge |
| B1; AR17 | 2 | icaB, icaA |
| B2; AR8 | 1 | lisR |
| B2; AR12 | 1 | gnd |
| B2; AR13 | 1 | sigA/rpoV |
| B3; B | 1 | Allantoin utilization |
| AR8 | 2 | groEL, lplA1 |
| AR12 | 1 | hemL |
| AR17 | 1 | icaC |
* B, SAR Bari strain; other abbreviations used are relative to the SAR genomes publicly available in the NCBI (see Table S1 for details).