TABLE 1.
Genomic location, proposed function (homologs of NCTC 11168), and alleles of the 15 polymorphic loci of 1,432 shared loci of the six milk-borne C. jejuni outbreak-associated isolates using whole-genome MLST
| Locus | No. of alleles in isolatea: |
Function | Mutation(s) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le_204R | Le_755 | Ma_1 | Ma_B | Po_1 | Po_2 | |||
| CAMP0019 (Cj0019c) | *349+1 | 2 | *2 | 2 | *349+1 | 2 | MCPb-domain signal transduction protein | 8cA/9A |
| CAMP0031 (Cj0031) | 241 | 242 | 242 | 241 | 241 | 241 | Type IIS restriction/modification enzyme | 8G/9G |
| CAMP0157 (Cj0170) | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 10 | Hypothetical protein | 8G/9G/10G |
| CAMP0608 (Cj0651) | *98+1 | 1 | *1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Integral membrane protein | 9T/10T |
| CAMP0624 (Cj0677) | *107 | 108 | *108 | 108 | *108 | 108 | Potassium-transporting ATPase subunit B | C/T |
| CAMP0631 (Cj0685c) | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | Invasion protein CipA | 9C/10C |
| CAMP0935 (Cj1012c) | *115+1 | 6 | *6 | 6 | *6 | 6 | Hypothetical protein | 3A/6A |
| CAMP1031 (Cj1110c) | *239+1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | MCP-type signal transduction protein | 6A/7A |
| CAMP1108 (Cj1189c) | *1 | 212 | *212 | 212 | 1 | 212 | Bipartite energy taxis response protein CetB | C/T |
| CAMP1113 (Cj1194) | *22 | 22 | *22 | 22 | 331 | 22 | Phosphate permease | A/G |
| CAMP1214 (Cj1296) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Hypothetical protein | 9G/10G |
| CAMP1242 (Cj1324) | *27 | 27 | *27 | 27 | *172+1 | 27 | Hypothetical protein | 5A/6A |
| CAMP1243 (Cj1325) | 63+1 | 63+2 | 63+1 | 63+3 | 63+2 | 63+2 | Methyltransferase | 9G/10G/11G |
| CAMP1258 (Cj1342c) | 52 | 273+1 | 273+1 | 273+1 | 273+1 | 273+1 | Motility accessory factor maf7 | 9G/10G |
| CAMP1331 (Cj1420c) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 73 | 1 | Methyltransferase | 8G/9G/10G |
a
Superscript numbers on alleles indicate changes that were not listed in the PubMLST database. Asterisks indicate genetic differences that were confirmed by Sanger sequencing before the allelic numbers.
b
MCP, methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein.
c
Number of the repeats.