TABLE 1.

Origin, genome characteristics, and antimicrobial susceptibility of the four Helicobacter pullorum strains isolated from chicken meat and comparison with the human clinical isolate H436 (MIT 98-5489)

Isolate name	Origin	Genomic data				Antibiotic resistance-associated SNPb			Antimicrobial susceptibility (MIC, mg/liter)
		Accession no.	Genome size (Mb)	GC content (%)	No. of putative plasmids	Fluoroquinolone; GyrA, Thr84Ile mutation	Macrolide; 23S rRNA gene,c AAA2055-2057GAA mutation	Tetracycline; 16S rRNA gene,c transversion AGA925-927TGA	Ciprofloxacin	Erythromycin	Tetracycline
229313/12d	Refrigerated chicken carcass meat	JNOB00000000	1.69	34.56	0	Yes	No	No	>32	0.25	0.25
229334/12	Seasoned-meat preparations	JNOC00000000	2.13	33.92	0	Yes	No	No	>32	0.125	0.5
229336/12	Refrigerated chicken carcass meat	JNUR00000000	1.81	34.20	1	No	Yes	No	>32	>256	0.38
229254/12	Refrigerated chicken carcass meat	JNOA00000000	1.81	34.23	2	Yes	No	Yes	>32	0.25	>256
MIT 98-5489a	Human, stool, gastroenteritis	ABQU00000000.1	1.95	34.15	0	Yes	Yes	Yes	NAe	NA	NA

^aH. pullorum strain MIT 98-5489 was isolated in Canada from the stools of a patient suffering from gastroenteritis and sequenced by Shen et al. (16).

^bNumbering according to the annotated genomes.

^cAll three operons of the 23S and 16S rRNA genes harbored the SNPs.

^dA complete 36.4-kb prophage is integrated in the bacterial genome of this strain.

^eNA, not available.