Sialic acid utilization by Cronobacter sakazakii

Table 1 Distribution of the sialic acid utilisation and other related genes across the sequenced genomes of the Cronobacter genus

Gene	Loci	Function	C. sakazakiiBAA-894	C. sakazakii680	C. sakazakii701	C. sakazakiiE899	C. sakazakii696	C. malonaticus507	C. malonaticus681	C. turicensis564	C. turicensis z3032	C. universalis581	C. muytjensii530	C. dublinensis582	C. dublinensis1210	C. condimenti1330
yhcH	ESA_03609	Putative sugar isomerase	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
nanK	ESA_03610	N-acetylmannosamine kinase	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
nanT	ESA_03611	Sialic acid transporter (permease)	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
nanA	ESA_03612	N-acetylneuraminate lyase	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
nanR	ESA_03613	Transcriptional regulator	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
nanC	ESA_03302	N-acetylneuraminic acid outer membrane channel protein	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
nanE	ESA_00529	N-acetylmannosamine-6-phosphate 2-epimerase	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
nagA	ESA_02662	N-acetylglucosamine-6-phosphate deacetylase	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
nagB	ESA_02661	Glucosamine-6-phosphate deaminase	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
neuC	ESA_03772	UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
siaPQM	ESA_04264-4266	tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic (TRAP) transporter	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+