Table 1 The bacterial strains studied and the sets of the PTS II genes in their genomes

Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052

47

Clostridium botulinum A str. ATCC 3502

15

Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824

14

Clostridium perfringens strain 13

14

Clostridium tetani E88

2

Clostridium difficile 630

49

Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. 168

12

Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. DH10B

25