TABLE 2.

Highly polymorphic genes in Helicobacter pullorum strains isolated from chicken meat

Label	Locus taga	Gene product	p-distance
			ntd	aae
A	HPU229254_06545	Dihydroxy acid dehydratase (ilv)	0.081	0.050
B	HPU229254_07315	Putative outer membrane protein	0.052	0.052
C	HPU229254_07240b	Outer membrane protein	0.110	0.133
D	HPU229254_09065	Antibiotic resistance protein (pyridoxamine 5′-phosphate oxidase related)	0.112	0.108
E	HPU229254_01025	TonB-dependent receptor	0.103	0.092
F	HPU229254_01370	Outer membrane phospholipase A family protein/porin	0.099	0.102
G	HPU229254_01245	Putative maltose O-acetyltransferase	0.088	0.076
H	HPU229254_03825	1-Deoxy-d-xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase (dxr)	0.107	0.097
I	HPU229254_03755c	Cytotoxin	0.208	0.280
J	HPU229254_03030	TonB-dependent receptor	0.156	0.164
K	HPU229254_04335	Modification methylase	0.078	0.062
L	HPU229254_02485	Arginase	0.068	0.057
M	HPU229254_03115	Transporter/outer membrane efflux protein	0.179	0.186
N	HPU229254_03120	Transporter/putative efflux system membrane fusion protein	0.096	0.093
O	HPU229254_04745	Asparagine synthase	0.031	0.023
P	HPU229254_05270	Homoserine O-succinyltransferase (MetA)	0.057	0.034
Q	HPU229254_05315	Hypothetical protein	0.163	0.183
R	HPU229254_06390	Type II restriction modification enzyme/restriction endonuclease	0.132	0.176

^aThe locus designations are based on a draft genome annotation of the 229254/12 strain (GenBank accession no. JNOA00000000).

^bThe corresponding gene names for the strains 229313/12, 229334/12, 229336/12, and MIT 98-5489 are HPU229313_06420, HPU229334_02340, HPU229336_08255, and HPMG_00190, respectively.

^cThe corresponding gene names for the strains 229313/12, 229334/12, 229336/12, and MIT 98-5489 are HPU229313_03315, HPU229334_07720, HPU229336_02900, and HPMG_01076, respectively.

^dnt, nucleotide.

^eaa, amino acid.