Comparative genomics reveals Lysinibacillus sphaericus group comprises a novel species

BMC Genomics

Table 1 L. sphaericus genomes used in this study

Strain	Toxicity^a	Level	Genome size (bp)	Contigs	Accession no.	Reference
C3-41	High	Complete	4,639,821	2^b	CP000817	[48]
2362	High	Complete	4,692,801	1	CP015224	[49]
III(3)7	High	Complete	4,663,526	2^b	CP014856	[14]
OT4b.25	High	Complete	4.665,575	2^b	CP014643	[50]
OT4b.49	High	Draft	4,668,840	3	LWHI01000000	This study
CBAM5	High	Draft	5,156,460	93	AYKQ00000000	[13]
LP1-G	High	Draft	4,542,839	143^b	JPDL01000000	[17, 51]
2297	Medium	Draft	4,516,760	278	JPDJ01000000	[18]
SSII-1	Low	Draft	4,651,985	138	JPDK01000000	[18]
1987	Non-toxic	Draft	4,906,630	70	JMMU01000000	Not published
OT4b.31	Non-toxic	Draft	4,856,302	94	AQPX00000000	[52]
B1-CDA	Non-toxic	Draft	4,509,276	84	LJYY01000000	[12]
KCTC 3346	Non-toxic	Draft	4,560,870	83	AUOZ00000000	[53]
NRS 1693	Non-toxic	Draft	4,603,690	546	JPDM01000000	[18]

^aHigh: presence of binA, B and mtx1, 2, 3 or cry48, 49; Medium: Only binA, B and mtx2; Low: only mtx2. This classification was previously established by Ge et al. by associating the presence of toxin genes with mosquitocidal activities of 35 L. sphaericus isolates [54]
^bAt least one plasmid-associated contig

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