Flashy flagella: flagellin modification is relatively common and highly versatile among the Enterobacteriaceae

BMC Genomics

Table 2 Isolation sources of the FGI⁺ and FMI⁺ enterobacterial taxa

Locus	Isolation Source	# strains (% positive strains)	Specific source/relationship with host	#strains (% source)
FGI	Plant	129 (42.0 %)	Pathogen	103 (79.8 %)
	Plant	129 (42.0 %)	Saprophyte	26 (20.2 %)
	Human	96 (31.3 %)	Clinical	91 (94.8 %)
	Human	96 (31.3 %)	Commensal	5 (5.2 %)
	Environmental	55 (17.9 %)	Fresh/Marine water	32 (58.2 %)
			Food	12 (21.8 %)
			Soil	9 (16.4 %)
			Other	2 (3.6 %)
	Animal	12 (3.9 %)	Vertebrate	1 (8.3 %
	Animal	12 (3.9 %)	Invertebrate	11 (91.7 %)
	Not available	15 (4.9 %)
FMI	Human	137 (45.4 %)	Clinical	137 (100 %)
	Animal	79 (26.2 %)	Vertebrate	77 (97.5 %)
	Animal	79 (26.2 %)	Invertebrate	2 (2.5 %)
	Environmental	42 (13.9 %)	Food	24 (57.1 %)
			Soil	7 (16.7 %)
			Fresh/Marine water	4 (9.5 %)
			Other	7 (16.7 %)
	Plant	21 (7.0 %)	Pathogen	7 (33.3 %)
	Plant	21 (7.0 %)	Saprophyte	14 (66.7 %)
	Not available	23 (7.6 %)

The specific source and/or relationship with host form which the strains were isolated and the relative proportions for each category of isolation source are shown

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