Pan-genome analysis of the emerging foodborne pathogen Cronobacterspp. suggests a species-level bidirectional divergence driven by niche adaptation

Table 2 Average nucleotide identity (ANI) values for eight Cronobacter genomes

ANI	BAA-894	LMG 23825	LMG 23823	NCTC 9529	51329	LMG 23826	LMG 23824	z3032
Csak ATCC BAA-894	---	88.59	88.43	93.28	88.57	94.61	88.57	91.85
Cdublac LMG 23825	88.57	---	97.24	89.21	91.94	88.77	98.36	88.81
Cdubdub LMG 23823	88.44	97.22 ^a	---	88.97	91.65	88.54	97.29	88.55
Cuni NCTC 9529	93.36	89.33	89.04	---	89.16	93.87	89.33	93.71
Cmuy ATCC 51329	88.5	92	91.67	89.21	---	88.6	92.03	88.77
Cmal LMG 23826	94.59	88.76	88.46	93.77	88.57	---	88.72	92.13
Cdublau LMG 23824	88.6	98.27	97.29	89.26	91.96	88.77	---	88.79
Ctur z3032	91.88	88.82	88.54	93.64	88.77	92.1	88.82	---

^aNumbers in bold represent pairwise comparisons that are higher than the current species level threshold, 95.00 for ANI, indicating same species.

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