Table 2.
Genes that showed significant differences between invasive and carriage isolates
|
Gene |
Function |
Frequency |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| |
|
Invasive |
Carriage |
| (N = 35) | (N = 23) | ||
| SP0071 |
immunoglobulin A1 protease |
35 |
2 |
| SP0091 |
ABC transporter, permease protein |
18 |
5 |
| SP0161 |
hypothetical protein |
25 |
7 |
| SP0238 |
hypothetical protein |
25 |
6 |
| SP0491 |
hypothetical protein |
26 |
9 |
| SP0514 |
hypothetical protein |
25 |
9 |
| SP0743 |
transcriptional regulator |
30 |
14 |
| SP0955 |
competence protein |
27 |
9 |
| SP1032 |
iron-compound ABC transporter |
25 |
5 |
| SP1612 |
hypothetical protein |
30 |
12 |
| SP1800 | transcriptional activator | 31 | 14 |
N indicates total number of invasive or carriage isolates.