Table 3.

Characteristics of the P. shigelloides 302-73 strain polar flagella gene regions I and II.

ORF	Protein name	Protein Size	Predicted function	Homologous protein with known function	Percentage identity/similarity
Polar flagella region I
1	CheW	162	Chemotaxis protein	CheW (VP2225) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	84/88
2	CheB	377	Chemotaxis protein	CheB-2 (AHA_1386) of Aeromonas hydrophila ATCC7966	72/76
3	CheA	728	Chemotaxis protein	CheA (VP2229) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	66/69
4	CheZ	241	Chemotaxis protein	CheZ (ASA_1356) of Aeromonas salmonicida A449 CheZ (VP2230) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	51/59 48/54
5	CheY	127	Chemotaxis protein	CheY (AHA_1383) of Aeromonas hydrophila ATCC7966	91/93
6	FliA	240	σ28	FliA of Aeromonas hydrophila AH-3	67/71
7	FlhG	296	Flagella number regulator	FlhG of Vibrio alginolyticus	72/78
8	FlhF	527	Polar flagella site determinant	FlhF (VP2234) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	66/73
9	FlhA	698	Export/assembly	FlhA (VP2235) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	78/81
10	FlhB	377	Export/assembly	FlhB (VP2236) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	60/66
11	FliR	264	Export/assembly	FliR (VP2237) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	51/61
12	FliQ	89	Export/assembly	FliQ (VP2238) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	67/78
13	FliP	261	Export/assembly	FliP (VP2239) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	76/82
14	FliO	139	Export/assembly	FliO of Vibrio cholerae	39/41
15	FliN	128	Motor switch	FliN (AHA_1373) of Aeromonas hydrophila ATCC7966	72/78
16	FliM	347	Motor switch	FliM of Aeromonas hydrophila AH-3	80/87
17	FliL	164	Flagella protein	FliL (AHA_1371) of Aeromonas hydrophila ATCC7966	42/46
18	FliK	487	Hook length	FliK of Vibrio cholerae	57/68
19	FliJ	146	Export/assembly	FliJ (VP2245) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	43/51
20	FliI	439	Export ATP synthase	FliI (VP2246) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	78/82
21	FliH	322	Export/assembly	FliH (VP2247) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	37/46
22	FliG	342	Motor switch	FliG (AHA_1366) of Aeromonas hydrophila ATCC7966	75/82
23	FliF	569	M-ring	FliF (VP2249) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	53/61
24	FliE	107	MS ring/rod adapter	FliE (VP2250) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	58/62
25	FlrC	558	σ54-dependent two-components response regulator	FlaM (VP2251) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	61/65
26	FlrA	509	σ54-dependent flagella regulator	FlrA of Vibrio cholerae	58/65
27	FlaJ	134	Chaperone	FlaJ (VP2254) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	63/69
28	FlaI	94	Flagella rod protein	FlaI (VP2255) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	38/50
29	FlaH	446	Hook-associated protein-2	FlaH (VP2256) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	36/45
30	FlaG	132	Filament length control	FlaG of Vibrio alginolyticus	36/41
31	FlaC	377	Flagellin	FlaC (VP0788) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	51/55
Polar flagella region II
1	Gt	691	Glicosyltransferase	BRAO375_790043 of Bradyrhizobium sp. AZOBR_p1140113 of Azospirillum brasilense	36/42 32/40
2	FlgL	417	Hook-associated protein 3	FlgL of Vibrio cholerae	34/42
3	FlgK	639	Hook-associated protein 1	FlgK (VP0785) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	35/41
4	FlgH	230	L-ring	FlgH of Vibrio cholerae	56/63
5	FlgJ	322	Peptidoglycan hydrolase	FlgJ (VP0784) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	58/66
6	FlgI	355	P-ring	FlgI (VP0783) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	73/81
7	FlgG	262	Rod	FlgG of Vibrio cholerae	69/76
8	FlgF	248	Rod	FlgF (AHA_2838) of Aeromonas hydrophila ATCC7966	56/74
9	FlgE	431	Hook	FlgE (VP0778) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	52/58
10	FlgD	305	Rod	FlgD of Vibrio cholerae	49/56
11	FlgC	137	Rod	FlgC (VP0776) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	74/80
12	FlgB	136	Rod	FlgB (VP0775) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	59/62
13	CheR	278	Chemotaxis	CheR (VP0774) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	70/76
14	CheV	313	Chemotaxis	CheV (AHA_2844) of Aeromonas hydrophila ATCC7966	73/81
15	FlgA	214	P-ring assembly	FlgA of Vibrio cholerae	39/48
16	FlgM	105	Anti-σ28	FlgM of Vibrio cholerae	44/51
17	FlgN	139	Chaperone	FlgN of Vibrio alginolyticus	40/45
18	FlgP	151	Flagella lipoprotein	FlgP of Vibrio cholerae	51/55
19	FlgO	267	Flagella lipoprotein	FlgO (VP0768) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	48/55
20	FlgT	391	Flagella protein	FlgT (VP0767) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	39/45