Table 4 Genes with alleles specific to cluster 2 isolates

NEIS0370 (carA)

Metabolism (pyrimidine and alanine, aspartate and glutamate)

1 (bp 1057)

1 (T → A)^a

NEIS0422 (metK)

Metabolism (cysteine and methionine metabolism)

1 (bp 726)

0

NEIS0529

Metal ions transport (zinc/manganese)

1 (bp 363)

0

NEIS1091 (cysl)

Metabolism (sulfite reductase)

1 (bp 1021)

1 (P → T)^a

NEIS1237 (cmk)

Metabolism (pyrimidine)

1 (bp 611)

1 (I → T)^a

NEIS1379 (dnaZX)

Metabolism/DNA processing

1 (bp 1774)

1 (G → S)^a

NEIS1460

Putative metabolism (Glucose-6-Phosphate 1-Dehydrogenase_bact motif)

1 (bp 402)

0

NEIS1741 (murC)

Metabolism (D-glutamine/D-Glutamate, peptidoglycan biosynthesis)

1 (bp 397)

1 (A → S)^a

NEIS1804

putative role in toxicity (associated with Maf Genomic islands MGI-1 scheme pubmlst)

1 (bp 868)

1 (F → V)

NEIS0132 (rplC)

Genetic information processing (ribosomal protein)

1 (bp 22)

1 (C → R)^a