Table 2 Internalin profiling of L. innocua and L. monocytogenes strains
IT | No. of internalin genes | Characteristics | No. (%) of strains | No. (%) of strains belonging to each subgroup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
common and L. innocua -specific | L. monocytogenes -specific | A | B | C | D | |||
1 | 18 | 0 | whole set of common and L. innocua-specific internalin genes | 17 (50.0%) | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 17 | 0 | lin1204 negative | 12 (35.4%) | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
3 | 16 | 0 | Lin1204, lin2539 negative | 3 (8.8%) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
4 | 15 | 0 | lin0661, lin0354, lin2539 negative | 1 (2.9%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
5 | 17 | 1 | lin1204 negative, and inlJ positive | 1 (2.9%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 18 | 19 | -- | 34 | 19 (55.9%) | 13 (38.3%) | 1 (2.9%) | 1 (2.9%) |