Table 2.
Percentage distributions of tlp4, tlp5, tlp7m, tlp11, tlp12, and tlp13 among 292 C. jejuni isolates and their associations with host and CC/ST
| Host or CC/ST | No. of isolates with chemoreceptor gene/total no. (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tlp4 | tlp5 | tlp7m | tlp11 | tip12 | tip13 | |
| Host | ||||||
| All | 98/292 (33.6) | 165/292 (56.5) | 67/292 (22.9) | 52/292 (17.8) | 86/292 (29.5) | 113/292(38.7) |
| Human | 61/150 (40.7) | 84/150(56.0) | 30/150(20.0) | 20/150(13.3) | 51/150(34.0) | 69/150(46.0)# |
| Chicken | 18/68(26.5) | 35/68(51.5) | 4/68 (5.9)* | 4/68 (5.9)* | 23/68 (33.8) | 32/68(47.1) |
| Bovine | 14/43 (32.6) | 31/43 (72.1)# | 27/43 (62.8)* | 24/43 (55.8)* | 5/43 (11.6)# | 2/43 (4.7)* |
| Turkey | 2/24 (8.3)* | 9/24(20.1) | 5/24 (20.8) | 3/24 (12.5) | 7/24 (29.2) | 9/24 (37.5) |
| Other hosts | 3/7 (42.9) | 6/7 (85.7) | 1/7(14.3) | 1/7(14.3) | 0/7 (0.0) | 1/7(14.3) |
| CC21 | 21/84 (25.0) | 84/84(100)* | 50/84 (59.5)* | 35/84 (41.7)* | 32/84(38.1) | 17/84(20.2)* |
| ST21 | 10/31 (32.3) | 31/31(100)* | 30/31 (96.8)* | 23/31 (74.2)* | 0/31 (0.0)* | 2/31 (6.5)* |
| ST53 | 1/8(12.5) | 8/8(100)* | 8/8(100)* | 7/8 (87.5)* | 0/8 (0.0)* | 7/8 (87.5)* |
| ST50 | 2/17(11.8) | 17/17(100)* | 1/17(5.9) | 0/17(0.0)* | 17/17(100)* | 5/17(29.4) |
| Other ST | 8/28 (28.6) | 28/28(100)* | 11/28(39.3) | 5/28 (17.9) | 15/28 (53.6) | 3/28 (10.7) |
| CC52 | 5/6 (83.3)# | 1/6(16.7) | 1/6 (16.7) | 0/6 (0.0)* | 0/6 (0.0)* | 5/6 (83.3)# |
| CC446 | 1/5 (20.0) | 0/5 (0.0)* | 0/5 (0.0)* | 0/5 (0.0)* | 0/5 (0.0)* | 5/5(100)* |
| CC49 | 4/5 (80.0)# | 0/5 (0.0)* | 0/5 (0.0)* | 0/5 (0.0)* | 1/5 (20.0) | 1/5 (20.0) |
| CC1034 | 0/7 (0.0)* | 0/7 (0.0)* | 0/7 (0.0)* | 0/7 (0.0)* | 3/7 (42.9) | 4/7(57.1) |
| CC354 | 0/6 (0.0)* | 0/6 (0.0)* | 0/6 (0.0)* | 0/6 (0.0)* | 5/6 (83.3)# | 3/6(50) |
| CC443 | 1/5 (20.0) | 0/5 (0.0)* | 0/5 (0.0)* | 0/5 (0.0)* | 1/5 (20.0) | 3/5 (60.0) |
| CC206 | 12/21 (57.1)* | 14/21 (66.7)# | 0/21 (0.0)* | 0/21 (0.0)* | 9/21 (42.9) | 6/21 (28.6) |
| ST46 | 0/3 (0.0)* | 3/3(100)* | 0/3 (0.0)* | 0/3 (0.0)* | 2/3 (66.7) | 1/3 (33.3) |
| ST122 | 5/5(100)* | 5/5(100)* | 0/5 (0.0)* | 0/5 (0.0)* | 2/5 (40.0) | 1/5 (20.0) |
| ST572 | 5/5(100)* | 0/5 (0.0)* | 0/5 (0.0)* | 0/5 (0.0)* | 0/5 (0.0)* | 0/5 (0.0)* |
| ST2192 | 0/3 (0.0)* | 3/3(100)* | 0/3 (0.0)* | 0/3 (0.0)* | 3/3(100)* | 2/3 (66.7) |
| Other ST | 2/5 (40.0) | 3/5 (60.0) | 0/5 (0.0)* | 0/5 (0.0)* | 2/5 (40.0) | 2/5 (40.0) |
| CC48 | 15/20(75.0) | 4/20 (20.0) | 4/20 (20.0) | 5/20 (25.0) | 0/20 (0.0)* | 1/20 (5.0)* |
| ST38 | 0/3 (0.0)* | 3/3(100) | 3/3(100) | 3/3(100) | 0/3 (0.0)* | 0/3 (0.0)* |
| ST48 | 7/7(100)* | 0/7 (0.0)* | 0/7 (0.0)* | 0/7 (0.0)* | 0/7 (0.0)* | 1/7(14.3) |
| Other ST | 8/10 (80.0) | 1/10(10.0) | 1/10(10.0) | 2/10 (20.0) | 0/10 (0.0)* | 0/10 (0.0)* |
| CC257 | 0/10 (0.0)* | 0/10 (0.0)* | 0/10 (0.0)* | 0/10 (0.0)* | 8/10 (80.0)# | 9/10(90)* |
| CC464 | 1/8(12.5) | 0/8 (0.0)* | 0/8 (0.0)* | 0/8 (0.0)* | 5/8 (62.5) | 8/8(100)* |
| CC353 | 0/8 (0.0)* | 0/8 (0.0)* | 0/8 (0.0)* | 0/8 (0.0)* | 1/8(12.5) | 1/8(12.5) |
| CC658 | 1/4 (25.0) | 1/4 (25.0) | 0/4 (0.0)* | 0/4 (0.0)* | 0/4 (0.0)* | 4/4(100)* |
| CC22 | 5/9 (55.6) | 9/9(100)* | 0/9 (0.0)* | 2/9 (22.2) | 2/9 (22.2) | 5/9 (55.6) |
| CC1332 | 0/2 (0.0)* | 0/2 (0.0)* | 0/2 (0.0)* | 0/2 (0.0)* | 2/2(100)* | 2/2(100)* |
| CC45 | 19/33 (57.6)* | 33/33(100)* | 0/33 (0.0)* | 0/33 (0.0)* | 4/33(12.1) | 12/33 (36.4) |
| CC283 | 5/6 (83.3)# | 6/6(100)* | 0/6 (0.0)* | 0/6 (0.0)* | 0/6 (0.0)* | 2/6 (33.3) |
| CC42 | 6/7 (85.7)# | 7/7(100)* | 1/7(14.3) | 0/7 (0.0)* | 0/7 (0.0)* | 1/7(14.3) |
| CC61 | 0/11 (0.0)* | 0/11(0.0)* | 10/11 (90.9)* | 10/11 (90.9)* | 2/11 (18.2) | 0/11 (0.0)* |
| Other | 2/35 (5.7) | 6/35(17.1) | 1/35 (2.3) | 0/35 (0.0) | 11/35(31.4) | 24/35 (68.6) |
Chemoreceptor genes: tlp4, transducer-like protein 4; tlp5, transducer-like protein 5 (intact gene); tlp7m, transducer-like protein 7 membrane associated part (homologue to cj0952c); tlp11, transducer-like protein 11; tlpl2, transducer-like protein 12; tlp13, transducer-like protein 13; other hosts: include three isolates of ovine, two of wild bird, two of canine, and one of riparian origin; other ST: include ST belonging to the particular CC not listed separately; other: include singletons and CCs with a very low number of isolates included in the study
#p < 0.05;
*p < 0.001 significance level in comparison to the remaining isolates not belonging to the corresponding clonal complexes/sequence types. Additionally, the values in isolate groups with above average numbers of receptor gene positive or negative isolates are given in bold numbers