TABLE 4.

Percentage of selected plasmid-encoded stress response genes by ST based on BLASTn.

ST	cadA1 (%)	cadA2 (%)	tmr (%)	bcrABC (%)	clpL (%)	mco (%)	gbuC (%)	npr (%)	Putative NiCo riboswitch (%)
1	77	8	8	8	77	77	38	38	38
2	21	58	53	53	16	5	37	37	37
3	100	2	4	4	100	62	44	44	42
5	37	69	31	79	30	20	61	61	61
6	2	88	71	76	2	2	39	41	39
7	41	59	63	63	22	41	43	43	43
8	94	0	0	0	0	89	87	91	83
9	90	14	23	32	70	33	63	65	62
14	8	92	92	92	8	8	80	80	80
120	100	0	0	0	76	96	96	96	96
121	99	1	1	1	99	2	2	2	2
155	0	100	100	100	0	0	93	93	93
204	16	81	92	92	16	16	86	86	86
Average	53	44	41	46	40	35	59	60	59

All of the plasmid-encoded genes shown share more than 99% nucleotide identity to their query sequences. Percentages were calculated per number of strains harboring plasmids in each ST.