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Table 3 Summary metadata for the blp bacteriocin cassettes

From: Genomic analyses of pneumococci reveal a wide diversity of bacteriocins – including pneumocyclicin, a novel circular bacteriocin

blp Categorya

Genomes (n)

Years of isolation

Countries (n)

CCs (n)

Serotypes (n)

blp Groups (n)

14

94

1939-2007

18

15

13

8

19

41

1952-2006

8

11

11

13

25

33

1945-2004

8

11

8

4

24

27

1939-2006

4

7

10

6

23

26

1967-2006

8

4

4

2

17

21

1952-2008

6

4

5

5

8

15

1948-2006

5

9

7

8

15

4

2005-2007

1

2

2

2

1

3

1916-2003

2

2

3

2

3

3

1952-1963

1

2

2

0

7

3

1978-1999

2

2

2

2

5

2

1939, 1976

1

2

1

2

10

2

1962, 1988

2

2

2

2

13

2

1943, 1952

2

2

2

2

16

2

1989, 2004

2

2

2

2

30

16

1997-2006

2

1

2

0

6

8

1937-2006

6

1

2

0

11

8

1997-2004

3

1

1

0

21

3

1997-2004

2

1

1

0

31

2

1995, 1999

1

1

1

0

20

2

2006

1

1

1

0

Otherb

12

1969-2007

1 ea

1 ea

1 ea

0

  1. a blp Categories are numbered.
  2. b‘Other’ indicates blp Categories that were each only represented by a single pneumococcal genome.