Table 1 Information regarding newly sequenced strains

C. botulinum 20386

LFRD00000000

I

A1

VPI 7124

ha+

chr

oppA/BrnQ

soil

USA:Virginia

C. botulinum 20389

LFOO00000000

I

A1

ATCC 449

ha+

chr

oppA/BrnQ

C. botulinum 20412

LFOT00000000

I

A1

KF Meyer 126

ha+

chr

oppA/BrnQ

1921

spinach (FB)

USA:Indiana

C. botulinum 20414

LFOU00000000

I

A1

Prevot 910

ha+

chr

oppA/BrnQ

1953

bovine botulism

France

C. botulinum 20424

LFOV00000000

I

A1

Prevot Dewping

ha+

chr

oppA/BrnQ

C. botulinum 20427

LFOW00000000

I

A1

Prevot 697B

ha+

chr

oppA/BrnQ

1952

cat gut

Sweden

C. botulinum 20503

LFOY00000000

I

A1

McClung 844

ha+

chr

oppA/BrnQ

<1930

C. botulinum 20504

LFOZ00000000

I

A1

KF Meyer 33

ha+

chr

oppA/BrnQ

1920

ripe olives

USA:Tennessee

C. botulinum AM1295

LFPI00000000

I

A1

ha+

chr

oppA/BrnQ

suspected reference strain

C. botulinum U21312

LFQF00000000

I

A1

SU0729

orfX+

chr

arsC

1987

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum 10148

LFOK00000000

I

A1(B)

CDC 1744

A1-orfX+, (B)-ha+

chr

A1-arsC, (B)-oppB/BrnQ

1977

IB

USA:Pennsylvania

C. botulinum 20391

LFOP00000000

I

A1(B)

Hall 183

A1-orfX+, (B)-ha+

chr

A1-arsC, (B)-oppB/BrnQ

1922

corn (FB)

USA:Colorado

C. botulinum 20396

LFOQ00000000

I

A1(B)

Hall 4834

A1-orfX+, (B)-ha+

chr

A1-arsC, (B)-oppB/BrnQ

1931

spinach (FB)

USA:Nebraska

C. botulinum 20397

LFOR00000000

I

A1(B)

Hall 8388A

A1-orfX+, (B)-ha+

chr

A1-arsC, (B)-oppB/BrnQ

1935

chili pepper (FB)

USA:New Mexico

C. botulinum 20398

LFOS00000000

I

A1(B)

Hall 8857Ab

A1-orfX+, (B)-ha+

chr

A1-arsC, (B)-oppB/BrnQ

1935

corn (FB)

USA:Nebraska

C. botulinum Mauritius

LFPL00000000

I

A2

Mauritius

orfX+

chr

arsC

fish (FB)

Mauritius

C. botulinum U21063

LFPN00000000

I

A2

SU1937

orfX+

chr

arsC

2009

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum U21067

LFPQ00000000

I

A2

SU1274

orfX+

chr

arsC

1997

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum U21068

LFPR00000000

I

A2

SU1917

orfX+

chr

arsC

2009

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum U21069

LFPS00000000

I

A2

SU1887

orfX+

chr

arsC

2007

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum U21070

LFPT00000000

I

A2

SU1275

orfX+

chr

arsC

1997

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum U21075

LFPU00000000

I

A2

SU1934

orfX+

chr

arsC

2010

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum U21077

LFQY00000000

I

A2

SU1259

orfX+

chr

arsC

1996

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum U21078

LFQZ00000000

I

A2

SU1891

orfX+

chr

arsC

2007

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum U21082

LFPW00000000

I

A2

SU1054

orfX+

chr

arsC

1998

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum U21084

LFPX00000000

I

A2

SU1072

orfX+

chr

arsC

1998

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum U21086

LFPY00000000

I

A2

SU1064

orfX+

chr

arsC

1998

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum U21088

LFPZ00000000

I

A2

SU1074

orfX+

chr

arsC

1998

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum U21089

LFQA00000000

I

A2

SU1112

orfX+

chr

arsC

1995

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum U21306

LFRC00000000

I

A2

SU0801

orfX+

chr

arsC

2010

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum U21307

LFQB00000000

I

A2

SU0998

orfX+

chr

arsC

1994

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum U21309

LFQC00000000

I

A2

SU0807

orfX+

chr

arsC

1987

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum U21310

LFQD00000000

I

A2

SU0994

orfX+

chr

arsC

1994

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum U21311

LFQE00000000

I

A2

SU0634

orfX+

chr

arsC

1980

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum U21729

LFQG00000000

I

A2

SU0635W

orfX+

chr

arsC

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum U21064

LFPO00000000

I

A2f4

SU1306

A2-orfX+, F4-orfX+

chr

A2-arsC, F4-PulE

1998

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum U21076

LFPV00000000

I

A2f4

SU1304

A2-orfX+, F4-orfX+

chr

A2-arsC, F4-PulE

1998

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum U21087

LFRA00000000

I

A3

SU1169

orfX+

1998

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum U21181

LFRB00000000

I

A3

SU0945

orfX+

1992

soil

Argentina

C. botulinum 20497

LFOX00000000

I

B1

Hall 80

ha+

chr

oppA/BrnQ

1918

beans (FB)

USA:Illinois

C. botulinum 10159

LFOL00000000

I

B2

ATCC 17843 (B5)

ha+

chr

oppA/brnQ

C. botulinum 20506

LFQV00000000

I

B3

CDC 795

ha+

chr

oppA/BrnQ

USA:Michigan

C. botulinum 10258

LFON00000000

I

B5f2

An436

B5-ha+, F2-orfX+

plasmid

IB

Sweden

C. botulinum AM1195

LFPH00000000

I

B6

AM1195

ha+

plasmid

1987

IB

Australia

C. botulinum AM370

LFPJ00000000

I

B6

AM370

ha+

plasmid

1979

salted fish

Australia

C. botulinum AM553

LFPK00000000

I

B6

AM553

ha+

plasmid

1981

Australia

C. botulinum 20552

LFPF00000000

I

F1

Walls 8G

orfX+

chr

arsC

1968

crabs (ENV)

USA:Virginia

C. sp. U21066

LFPP00000000

I

NT

SU1575NT

1999

soil - colony variant of SU1575

Argentina

C. sporogenes U20719

LFPM00000000

I

NT

ATCC 19404

C. botulinum 20536

LFPA00000000

II

E1

CDC KA-95B

orfX+

chr

rarA

C. botulinum 20541

LFPB00000000

II

E1

L-572

orfX+

chr

rarA

forest soil

USA:Washington

C. botulinum 20547

LFPD00000000

II

E1

Prevot Ped 1

orfX+

chr

rarA

sea mud

Greenland

C. botulinum 20675

LFPG00000000

II

E1

ATCC 9564

orfX+

chr

rarA

1961

smoked salmon

Canada

C. botulinum K15

LFQW00000000

II

E1

K15

orfX+

chr

rarA

1995

trout

Finland

C. botulinum 20544

LFPC00000000

II

E2

CDC 5247

orfX+

chr

rarA

USA:Alaska

C. botulinum 10178

LFOM00000000

II

E3

211

orfX+

chr

rarA

lake sediment

Japan

C. botulinum 20549

LFPE00000000

II

E3

Prevot R81-3A

orfX+

chr

rarA

France

C. botulinum K3

LFQX00000000

II

E3

K3

orfX+

chr

rarA

1995

trout

Finland

C. sp. U20725

LFRG00000000

NT

ATCC 25772