Genome characterization of a novel binary toxin-positive strain of Clostridium difficile and comparison with the epidemic 027 and 078 strains

Table 1 General features of the C. difficile genomes

Strain	LC693	VL-0104	VL-0391	R20291	M120
Places of isolation	China	Canada	Canada	UK	UK
Ribotype	–	–	–	027	078
Sequence type	ST201	ST201	ST201	ST1	ST11
Toxin profile	A + B + CDT+	A + B + CDT+	A + B + CDT+	A + B + CDT+	A + B + CDT+
Genome completion	Draft	Draft	Draft	Complete	Complete
Genome size (bp)	4,073,021	4,068,388	4,160,703	4,191,339	4,047,729
GC%	28.5	28.7	28.9	28.6	28.7
Predicted CDSs	3868	3833	3832	3508	3490
Predicted tRNAs	79	77	69	65	86
Predicted rRNAs	9	11	41	28	32
Plasmid	0	0	0	0	0
Prophages	7 (3^a)	7 (2^a)	8 (3^a)	4 (2^a)	4 (1^a)

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