Genome analysis of Clostridium perfringens isolates from healthy and necrotic enteritis infected chickens and turkeys

Table 1 Virulence genes and loci identified in 30 C. perfringens isolates

Isolate	State	Type	cnaD	cnaA	netB	NELoc-1	NELoc-2	NELoc-3
C1	H	A	+			0	0	0
C3	H	A				12	18	20
C7	H	A	+			3	100	20
C8	H	A				9	100	20
C24	D	A		+	+	97	100	100
C25	D	A		+		21	100	100
C26	D	A		+	+	100	100	100
C27	D	A	+			0	0	0
C31	D	A		+	+	100	100	100
C32	D	A	+			18	0	20
C33	D	A	+	+	+	88	100	80
C36	D	A		+	+	100	100	100
C37	D	A			+	100	100	60
C41	D	A			+	100	100	100
C48	D	A	+	+	+	94	100	100
C124	D	A	+	+	+	100	100	80
C125	D	A			+	100	100	100
T1	D	A	+			0	100	0
T5	D	A	+			27	100	20
T6	D	A	+			27	0	40
T11	D	A	+	+	+	100	100	100
T14	D	A	+			27	100	40
T16	D	A	+			9	0	20
T46	D	A	+			12	100	40
T53	D	A	+		+	100	0	40
T84	D	A	+			12	100	40
T18	H	A	+			21	0	60
T22	H	A		+		9	0	40
T34	H	A				9	0	20
T43	H	A	+			12	100	20

The + mark indicates gene presence in isolates from healthy (H) or diseased (D) chickens (C) and turkeys (T). The prevalence (in %) of NELoc-1, -2 and -3 genes are shown. High prevalence of genes is in italics

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