Table 3 Selected human pathogenic S. maltophilia K279a–specific genes, which are involved in virulence and pathogenicity, and reveal no homologs in S. rhizophila DSM14405 T
Bilogical role | Gene/Locus tag | (Putative) Product |
|---|---|---|
Virulence | smf-1,0709 | fimbrial adhesin proteins |
0707 | pili chaperone protein | |
mrkC | outer membrane usher protein | |
3048 | Hep Hag family adhesin | |
wbpV (3683) | hemolysin protein | |
4391 | exopolysaccharide synthesis protein | |
afaD | Non-fembrial adhesin | |
4452 | cell surface haemagluttinin protein | |
Secretion system-mediated pathogenicity, horizontal gene transfer | 2997,3000 | type IV secretion system transmembrane proteinS |
2999,3002,3003 | type IV secretion conjugal transfer proteins | |
3005 | VirB9 protein | |
Heat shock resistance, chaperones | 1818 | heat shock chaperone protein |
hscC | chaperone heat shock Hsp70 protein | |
4630,4631 | heat shock chaperone protein | |
Antibiotic resistance | qnrB | flouroquinolone resistance protein |
2642 | macrolide-specific ABC-type efflux | |
4159,4211 | beta-lactamase | |
smeC (oprM) | multidrug efflux system outer membrane protein | |
smerB | multidrug efflux protein | |
smeA (acrA) | drug resistance efflux protein |