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Table 1 Clustering of Cronobacter O-serotypes according to wzy, wzx, gnd and galF sequence analysis

From: Capsular profiling of the Cronobacter genus and the association of specific Cronobacter sakazakii and C. malonaticus capsule types with neonatal meningitis and necrotizing enterocolitis

Cronobacter species

Serotypea

gnd alleles

galF alleles

wzy cluster group

wzx cluster group

C. sakazakii

O1

1,3,13,18,21,23

1,2,4,17,19,21

C. muytjensii O3b

C. muytjensii O3, C. dublinensis O1

 

O2

2,13,19,28,29, 37

3,18,25,26

Unique cluster

Unique cluster

 

O3

24

22

C. muytjensii O1

C. muytjensii O1

 

O4

14

13

Unique cluster

Unique cluster

 

O5

na

na

C. turicensis O3, C. malonaticus O3, C. dublinensis nac, C. muytjensii O2

C. turicensis O3, C. malonaticus O3, C. dublinensis na, C. muytjensii O2

 

O6

na

na

C. malonaticus O2

C. malonaticus O2

 

O7

na

na

Absent

C. universalis O1

C. malonaticus

O1

27, 33

6, 24

C. turicensis O1

C. turicensis O1

 

O2

4, 26, 36

5, 23, 32

C. sakazakii O6

C. sakazakii O6

 

O3

5, 38

6, 24

C. sakazakii O5, C. turicensis O3, C. muytjensii O2, C. dublinensis na

C. turicensis O3, C. muytjensii O2, C. dublinensis na

C. turicensis

O1

8

9, 28

C. malonaticus O1

C. malonaticus O1

 

O2

na

na

Unique

Unique

 

O3

22, 30, 34

20, 27, 30

C. sakazakii O5, C. malonaticus O3, C. muytjensii O2, C. dublinensis na

C. sakazakii O5, C. malonaticus O3, C. muytjensii O2, C. dublinensis na

 

O4

6

7

Unique

Unique

C. muytjensii

O1

17

16

C. sakazakii O3

C. sakazakii O3

 

O2

16

15

C. sakazakii O5, C. turicensis O3, C. malonaticus O3, C. dublinensis na

C. malonaticus O3, C. turicensis O3, C. dublinensis na

 

O3

na

na

C. sakazakii O1

C. sakazakii O1, C. dublinensis O1

C. dublinensis

O1

12,15

12, 14

Unique cluster

C. sakazakii O1, C. muytjensii O3

 

O2

11, 25, 32

11, 29

Unique cluster

Unique cluster

 

na

35

31

C. sakazakii O5, C. malonaticus O3, C. turicensis O3, C. muytjensii O2

C. malonaticus O3, C. turicensis O3, C. muytjensii O2

C. universalis

O1

7

8

C. condimenti O1

C. sakazakii O7

C. condimenti

O1

9

33

C. universalis O1

Absent

  1. aSerotypes as defined according to Jarvis et al. [23] and Sun et al. [24]
  2. bAssigned in this paper
  3. cNot assigned