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Table 2 Intraspecific genome comparisons

From: Evaluating genome dynamics: the constraints on rearrangements within bacterial genomes

Taxonomy

Comparisons within and between serovars/biovars

Rearrangement types

Proteobacteria α

Brucella suis biovars 1, 2 and 4 - biovar 3

Chromosome number

Proteobacteria γ

Salmonella typhimurium and other serovars

Stable

 

Salmonella typhi and Salmonella paratyphi

Inversions and translocations

 

Salmonella pullorum and Salmonella gallinarum

Inversions and translocations

 

Escherichia coli - Shigella boydii

Stable

 

Escherichia coli - Shigella sonnei

Stable

 

Escherichia coli - Shigella dysenteriae

Rearranged

 

Escherichia coli - Shigella flexneri

Rearranged

Actinobacteria

Streptomyces ambofaciens

Duplications, deletions and translocations

Bacilli

Lactococcus lactis lactis

Stable

 

Lactococcus lactis cremoris

Inversions

 

Streptococcus thermophilis

Stable

Spirochetes

Leptospira interrogans - two serovars

Inversions