Table 6 Accession numbers of the genome sequences used in this study

Y. enterocolitica WA-314, 1B/O:8

GenBank: AKKR01000000

Y. enterocolitica 8081, 1B/O:8

GenBank: AM286415, AM286416 (plasmid)

Y. enterocolitica a127/90, 1B/O:8

NCBI RefSeq: NC_004564 (plasmid)

Y. enterocolitica Y11, 4/O:3

GenBank: FR729477, FR745874 (plasmid)

Y. enterocolitica Y8265, 4/O:3

GenBank: CACU01000001-CACU01000014

Y. enterocolitica Y5307, 4/O:3

GenBank: CACV01000001-CACV01000018

Y. enterocolitica 105.5R(r), 3/O:9

GenBank: CP002246

Y. enterocolitica W22703, 2/O:9

NCBI RefSeq: NC_002120 (plasmid)

Y. enterocolitica Y5.27P, 3/O:5.27

GenBank: CACW01000001-CACW01000020

Y. enterocolitica NF-O, 1A/O:5

GenBank: CACY01000001-CACY01000097

Y. enterocolitica IP2222, 1A/O:36

GenBank: CACZ01000001-CACZ01000074

Y. pestis CO92

GenBank: AL590842