Comparative genotypic and phenotypic analysis of Cronobacter species cultured from powdered infant formula production facilities – indication of patho-adaptation along the food chain

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  Multilocus sequence type of Cronobacter malonaticus CQ7, an isolate cultured from the powdered infant formula environment (Text S1).

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  Phenotypic traits of all 133 Cronobacter isolates cultured from PIF and its production environments, as well as some 35 clinical and type strains (Table S1).

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  Microarray gene differences noted in C. sakazakii ST-4 lineage 1 in comparisons to lineage 2 (Table S2).

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  Microarray gene differences noted in C. sakazakii ST-4 lineage 2 in comparisons to lineage 1 (Table S3).

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  Plasmid and T6SS gene patterns observed among the two lineages within the 25 ST-4 C. sakazakii strains as determined by PCR assay (Table S4).

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