TABLE 2.
L. monocytogenes-specific marker genes
| Group | Gene name | No. of isolates with indicated genea
|
Functional category | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
L. monocytogenes serotype
| ||||
| 4c (2 strains) | 4a (3 strains) | |||
| I | Lmo0082 | 2 | 3 | Unknown |
| Lmo0083 | 2 | 3 | Regulation | |
| plcA | 2 | 3 | Virulence | |
| actA | 2 | 3 | Virulence | |
| plcB | 2 | 3 | Virulence | |
| Lmo206 | 2 | 3 | Unknown | |
| inlA | 2 | 3 | Cell surface proteins | |
| inlB | 2 | 3 | Cell surface proteins | |
| Lmo0440 | 2 | 3 | Unknown | |
| Lmo0638 | 2 | 3 | Unknown | |
| Lmo0733 | 2 | 3 | Regulation | |
| Lmo0833 | 2 | 3 | Regulation | |
| Lmo1133 | 2 | 3 | Unknown | |
| Lmo1135 | 2 | 3 | Unknown | |
| Lmo2732 | 2 | 3 | Unknown | |
| Lmo2733 | 2 | 3 | Transport and binding proteins and lipoproteins | |
| Lmo2734 | 2 | 3 | Specific pathways | |
| Lmo2736 | 2 | 3 | Unknown | |
| II | Lmo0017 | 2 | 0 | Cell wall |
| Lmo0094 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | |
| inlH | 2 | 0 | Cell surface proteins | |
| inlE | 2 | 0 | Cell surface proteins | |
| Lmo0333 | 2 | 0 | Cell surface proteins | |
| Lmo0549 | 2 | 0 | Soluble internalins | |
| Lmo0832 | 0 | 0 | Transposon and IS | |
| Lmo0834 | 2 | 0 | Unknown | |
| Lmo0835 | 0 | 0 | Cell surface proteins | |
| Lmo1441 | 0 | 0 | Cell wall | |
| Lmo1451 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | |
| Lmo2821 | 2 | 0 | Cell surface proteins | |
a
For L. monocytogenes serotypes 1/2a, 1/2b, 1/2c, 3a, 3b, 3c, 7, 4b, 4d, and 4e, all 88 strains had all of the marker genes. For L. ivanovii, L. innocua, L. welshimeri, L. seeligeri, and L. grayi, none of the 20 strains had any of the marker genes.