Table 2 Characterization and distribution of 16S rRNA variants present in closed L. monocytogenes genomes
16S variants across genomes (n = 68) | 16S variant within genomes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variant by copy number (% total genomes) | |||||||||||
Variant | Genomesa (%) | Lineage (intra-lineal prevalence) | Â | 6 | 5b | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
|  |  | I (n = 38) | II (n = 25) | III (n = 4) | Individual variant | ||||||
GC | 48 (70.6) | 26 (68.4) | 18 (72) | 4 (100) |  GC | 31 (0.46) | 9 (0.13) | 5 (0.07) | 2 (0.03) | 1 (0.01) | n.d. |
GT | 14 (20.6) | 9 (23.7) | 5 (20) | n.d. |  GT | 2 (0.03) | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 3 (0.04) | 9 (0.13) |
AC | 15 (22.1) | 8 (21.1) | 6 (24) | n.d. |  AC | 12 (0.18) | 2 (0.03) | n.d. | n.d. | 1 (0.01) | n.d. |
GC.2 | 1 (1.5) | 5 (13.2) | n.d. | n.d. |  GC.2 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 1 (0.01) | n.d. | n.d. |
GC.3 | 5 (7.4) | 1 (2.6) | n.d. | n.d. |  GC.3 | 3 (0.04) | n.d. | 1 (0.01) | n.d. | n.d. | 1 (0.01) |
|  |  |  |  |  |  Total | 48 (0.71) | 11 (0.16) | 6 (0.09) | 3 (0.04) | 5 (0.07) | 10 (0.15) |