TABLE 3.
Relative frequency of HTs in natural populations of B. thuringiensis and B. cereus
Isolate | No. of isolates | Relative frequency of HT:
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A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | ||
All isolates | ||||||||||
B. thuringiensis + B. cereus | 198 | 0.020 | 0.121 | 0.050 | 0.101 | 0.040 | 0.121 | 0.050 | 0.116 | 0.379 |
B. thuringiensis | 98 | 0.041 | 0.245 | 0.102 | 0.194 | 0.061 | 0.235 | 0.010 | 0.082 | 0.031 |
Site F | 48 | 0 | 0.271 | 0.021 | 0.021 | 0 | 0.479 | 0 | 0.167 | 0.042 |
Site S | 50 | 0.080 | 0.220 | 0.180 | 0.360 | 0.120 | 0 | 0.020 | 0 | 0.020 |
B. cereus | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.010 | 0.020 | 0.010 | 0.090 | 0.150 | 0.720 |
Site F | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.020 | 0.040 | 0 | 0.100 | 0.120 | 0.720 |
Site S | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.020 | 0.080 | 0.180 | 0.720 |
Unique ETs/HTs | ||||||||||
B. thuringiensis + B. cereus | 91 | 0.022 | 0.077 | 0.022 | 0.055 | 0.077 | 0.088 | 0.077 | 0.132 | 0.451 |
B. thuringiensis | 35 | 0.057 | 0.200 | 0.057 | 0.114 | 0.143 | 0.200 | 0.029 | 0.114 | 0.086 |
Site F | 18 | 0 | 0.167 | 0.056 | 0.056 | 0 | 0.389 | 0 | 0.222 | 0.111 |
Site S | 17 | 0.118 | 0.235 | 0.059 | 0.176 | 0.294 | 0 | 0.059 | 0 | 0.059 |
B. cereus | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.018 | 0.036 | 0.018 | 0.107 | 0.143 | 0.679 |
Site F | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.035 | 0.069 | 0 | 0.103 | 0.138 | 0.656 |
Site S | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.033 | 0.100 | 0.133 | 0.733 |