Table 4.

Five MLST methods for the analysis of Bacillus species.

Method	Concatenated order of genes for MLST	Target species	Reference
pubMLST	glpF, ilvD, pta, purH, pycA, rpoD, tpiA	B. subtilis	[30]
S1	rpoD, glpF, ilvD, ptA, tpiA, pycA, purH	B. subtilis	[31]
S2	gyrA, gyrB, purH, glpF, pycA, ilvD, rpoD, tpiA, pta	B. subtilis	[32]
S3	gyrB, adk, pycA, pyrE, sucC, mutL, aroE	B. subtilis	[33]
L1	adk, ccpA, glpF, gmk, ilvD, pur, spo0A, tpi	B. paralicheniformis, B. licheniformis	[34]