Identification of a ferritin-like protein of Listeria monocytogenesas a mediator of β-lactam tolerance and innate resistance to cephalosporins

Table 2 Description of L. . monocytogenes chromosomal DNA fragments trapped upstream of the hly gene in strains exhibiting penicillin-G induced hemolysis

Strain	Cloned fragment
Strain	Localization^a [5^′ → 3^′]	Comments^b
15	2018205-2016470	1347-bp fragment of lmo1942 , intergenic region (320 bp), 68-bp fragment of *lmo1941*
18	2907708-2906509	556-bp fragment of lmo2821, intergenic region (131 bp), 432-bp fragment of *axyR*
37	1712064-1710832	392-bp fragment of lmo1661, intergenic region (404 bp), 436-bp fragment of *leuS*
41	978762-980082	93-bp fragment of lmo0942, intergenic region (202 bp), gene fri (471 bp), intergenic region (233 bp), gene lmo0944 (303 bp), 18-bp intergenic region preceding *lmo0945*
195	2174937-2175826	484-bp fragment of lmo2095, intergenic region (20 bp), 386-bp fragment of *lmo2096*
198	1664108-1664654	362-bp fragment of lmo1621, intergenic region (106 bp), 79-bp fragment of *lmo1622*
199	2577843-2576921	147-bp fragment of lmo2502 , intergenic region (151 bp), 625-bp fragment of *phoP*
201	1234555-1233755	89-bp fragment of lmo1213, intergenic region (31 bp), gene lmo1212 (531 bp), intergenic region (89 bp), 60-bp fragment of *lmo1211*
203	1093048-1092427	48-bp fragment of lmo1066, intergenic region (131 bp), 442-bp fragment of *lmo1065*

^a Nucleotide position in genome of L. monocytogenes EGD (Acc. No. NC_003210) given in the same orientation as the reporter gene.
^bGenes/fragments of genes and intergenic region present in the trapped fragments, with the sequence located directly upstream of the 5′ end of the hly gene marked in bold, while the genes/fragments of genes in the same orientation as this reporter gene are underlined.

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