TABLE 5.

Distribution of virulence associated genes and identified allele numbers (at both nucleotide and peptide levels) among the entire collection of C. jejuni strains.

Isolate source	Virulence gene pattern∗	flaA-SVR types (alleles)
		Nucleotide	Peptide
Human (n = 11)	cdtABC, flaA (5); cdtAB, flaA (2); cdtABC, flaA, wlaN (2); cdtBC, flaA (1); cdtABC, flaA, virB11 (1)	177 (6); 288 (2); 239 (2); 1064 (1)	74 (6); 92 (2); 9 (2); 267 (1)
Chicken (n = 14)	cdtC, flaA (3); flaA (2); cdtABC, flaA, iam (1); cdtABC, flaA, virB11, iam (1); cdtAB, flaA (1); cdtAB, flaA, iam (1); cdtABC, flaA, wlaN, iam (1); cdtABC, flaA, virB11, wlaN (1); cdtAC, flaA, wlaN, iam (1); cdtAC, flaA, iam (1); cdtAC, flaA (1)	177 (6); 526 (3); 288 (2); 1486 (2); 9 (1)	74 (6); 92 (4); 211 (3); 60 (1)
Pigeon (n = 16)	cdtABC, flaA, iam (6); cdtABC, flaA (5); cdtBC, flaA (2); cdtABC, flaA, virB11, iam (1); cdtAB, flaA (1); cdtAB, flaA, iam (1)	781 (2); 38 (2); 1118 (2); 731 (1); 940 (1); 1275 (1); 186 (1); 9 (1); 938 (1); 177 (1); 1486 (1); 756 (1); 1183 (1)	239 (4); 191 (3); 58 (2); 209 (2); 5 (1); 356 (1); 60 (1); 74 (1); 92 (1)

SVR, short variable region. ^∗Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of strains containing the respective virulence genes combination.