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. 2023 Jun 29;14:1215769. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1215769

Table 3.

Relevant virulence genes identified in Campylobacter hepaticus RBCL71delta using RAST and virulence factor database.

Species Subsystem Description Gene Start Stop Length (pb) CF1 CF2 CF3
Campylobacter hepaticus RBCL71delta*
Invasion
ciaB 634,245 636,080 1836 + + +
Multidrug efflux pump
CmeABC multidrug efflux system cmeA 218,982 217,879 1,103 + + +
CmeABC multidrug efflux system cmeB 214,757 217,879 3,123 + + +
CmeABC multidrug efflux system cmeC 214,764 213,325 1,439 + + +
CmeABC multidrug efflux system repressor cmeR 219,731 219,093 638 +
MATE family efflux transporter N/D 386,639 387,955 1,316 + + +
TolC family protein (outer membrane efflux protein) tolC 736,147 737,430 1,283
efflux RND transporter periplasmic adaptor subunit N/D 737,427 738,167 740
efflux RND transporter permease subunit acrB 738,210 741,188 2,978
Resistance to fluoroquinolones
DNA gyrase A gyrA 732,884 730,284 2,601 + + +
DNA gyrase B gyrB 2,573 4,882 2,309 + + +
Resistance to heavy metals
Magnesium and cobalt transport protein N/D 473,267 472,299 969 + + +
CopG protein – copper homeostasis copG 38,111 38,554 443 + + +
cobalt-zinc-cadmium resistance N/D 672,672 671,785 888 + + +
Copper homeostasis and tolerance cutE 794,054 795,175 1,122 + + +
Heavy metal translocation P-type ATPase zntA 860,168 857,817 2,352 + + +
865,803 863,698 2,106 + + +
Multicopper oxidase cueO 1,250,462 1,248,933 1,530 + + +
Heavy metal associated domain N/D 1,276,002 1,276,661 660 + + +
Multidrug resistance transporter, Bcr/CflA family N/D 1,388,967 1,387,762 1,205
Magnesium and cobalt efflux protein N/D 1,499,625 1,500,911 1,287 + + +
Bacteriocins
colicin V production cvpA 245,976 246,533 557 + + +
tRNA pseudouridine synthase A truA 562,338 563,060 722 + + +
Dihydrofolate synthase / Folylpolyglutamate synthase N/D 786,750 785,587 1,163 + + +
Acetyl-coenzyme A carboxyl transferase beta chain accD 1,461,104 1,460,262 842 + + +
Amidophosphoribosyltransferase purF 1,511,192 1,509,855 1,337 + + +

*All genes identified in RBCL71delta were also identified in other RBCL strains. CF1, C. fetus CITCf01; CF2, C. fetus NCTC 10354; CF3, C. fetus CFF00A031. N/D: non determined.