Genetic Diversity and Incidence of Virulence-Associated Genes of Arcobacter butzleri and Arcobacter cryaerophilus Isolates from Pork, Beef, and Chicken Meat in Poland

Table 1

Carriage of virulence genes by A. butzleri and A. cryaerophilus isolates.

Species	Origin/number of isolates	Percent of isolates harbouring virulence genes possessing specific gene
		cadF	cj1349	ciaB	irgA	hecA	hecB	pldA	mviN	tlyA
A. butzleri	Chicken meat/58	90	71	100	53	34	48	93	98	100
	Pork/10	90	60	80	40	10	60	100	90	100
	Beef/11	82	45	100	9	27	36	82	100	100
	Total/79	89	66	97	46	30	48	92	97	100
A. cryaerophilus	Chicken meat/2	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Pork/1	100	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Beef/3	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	100	100
	Total/6	17	0	100	0	0	0	0	50	50