Species / Numbers of sequences in species / S. enterica subsp. / Numbers of sequences in subspecies / Serotypes in question / Expected positive hitsd / Numbers of sequences of expected hits/instances of serotype in database
S. enterica / 259 / enterica / 230 / Choleraesuis / Agona a / 4/7
Kedougou b / 3/4
Kentuckyb / 1/2
Manhattan b / 4/4
Mbandaka a / 3/3
Muenchen b / 3/3
Newport a / 1/9
Rissen b / 2/2
Virchow b / 3/6
Enteritidis / c / / /
Paratyphi A / / / /
Paratyphi B / Java b / 3/4
Livingstone b / 2/4
Typhi / Albany b / 3/6
Bovismorbificans a / 2/3
Brandenburg b / 3/4
Cerro b / 2/2
Chester b / 1/3
Indiana b / 4/4
Virchow b / 1/6
Typhimurium / Bovismorbificans a / 1/3
Braenderup a / 3/3
salamae / 4 / / / / / /
arizonae / 11 / / / / / /
diarizonae / 6 / / / / / /
houtenae / 5 / / / / / /
indica / 3 / / / / / /
S. bongori / 3 / / / / / / / / / /

Supplementary Table 2 Power of the assay with respect to differentiating Salmonella serotypes. Discrimination among serotypes depends on uniqueness within the 262 gyrB sequences considered in designing the assay. In addition to the six serotypes of central interest to this report, another 53 serotypes of S. enterica subsp. enterica were also analyzed (1 - 9 replicates of each). Non-discriminated clusters are shown here.

a The serotypes can be isolated from human fecal specimens, but they are uncommon in China.

b The serotypes are rarely isolated from human fecal specimens in China.

c / No related results.

d The results were obtained only by sequence alignment analysis according to the methods used here to differentiate six Salmonella serotypes in question.

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