TABLE 3.
L. monocytogenes lineage-specific marker genes
| Group | Gene name | No. of isolates with indicated gene
|
Functional category | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lineage I
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Lineage II
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Lineage III
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| I.1 (1/2a, 3a) (27 strains) | I.2 (1/2c, 3c) (12 strains) | II.1 (4b, 4d, 4e) (27 strains) | II.2 (1/2b, 3b) (20 strains) | III.1 (4a) (3 strains) | III.2 (4c) (2 strains) | |||
| A | Lmo0171 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cell surface proteins |
| Lmo0172 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Transposon and IS | |
| Lmo0525 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | |
| Lmo0734 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Regulation | |
| Lmo0735 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Specific pathways | |
| Lmo0736 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Specific pathways | |
| Lmo0737 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | |
| Lmo0738 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Transport and binding proteins and lipoproteins | |
| Lmo0739 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Specific pathways | |
| Lmo1060 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Regulation | |
| Lmo1061 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sensors | |
| Lmo1062 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Transport and binding proteins and lipoproteins | |
| Lmo1063 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Transport and binding proteins and lipoproteins | |
| Lmo1968 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Metabolism of amino acids | |
| Lmo1969 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Specific pathways | |
| Lmo1970 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Metabolism of lipids | |
| Lmo1971 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Transport and binding proteins and lipoproteins | |
| Lmo1973 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Transport and binding proteins and lipoproteins | |
| Lmo1974 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Regulation | |
| bvrC | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | |
| bvrB | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Transport and binding proteins and lipoproteins | |
| B | Lmo0151 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Unknown |
| Lmo0466 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | |
| Lmo0467 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | |
| Lmo0469 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | |
| Lmo0470 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DNA restrictions and modifications | |
| Lmo0471 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | |
| Lmo1118 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | |
| Lmo1119 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DNA restrictions and modifications | |
| C | ORF2819 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 0 | Unknown, similar to hypothetical transcriptional regulator |
| ORF3840 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 0 | Unknown, similar to transcriptional regulator | |
| ORF2568 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 0 | Unknown, similar to internalin proteins, putative peptidoglycan-bound protein (LPXTG) | |
| ORF1761 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 0 | Unknown, similar to internalin proteins, putative peptidoglycan-bound protein (LPXTG) | |
| ORF0029 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 19 | 0 | 0 | Unknown, similar to internalin proteins, putative peptidoglycan-bound protein (LPXTG) | |
| D | ORF0799 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Unknown |
| ORF2372 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Unknown, similar to teichoic acid protein precursor C | |
| ORF2110 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Unknown, putative secreted protein | |