Table 2 Consensus homopolymeric tracts in genomes of the four sequenced C jejuni isolates

115 bp upstream of L-asparaginase start codon (Cj0029)

10 C

10 C

10 C

10 C

Cj0045c iron-binding protein

10 C

10 C

10 C

10 C

Cj0170 methyltransferase

8 C

10 C

9 C

10 C

Between Cj0564 and Cj0565

10 G

11 G

11 G

10 G

Cj0617 carbonic anhydrase

9 G

10 G

10 G

9 G

Cj0628 lipoprotein

9 G

9 G

9 G

9 G

Cj0676 kdpA potassium-transporting ATPase A subunit

10 G

9 G

10 G

8 G

Cj0685c invasion protein CipA

9 G

8 G

9 G

9 G

Between Cj0742 (membrane protein) and 16S rRNA locus

10 C

10 C

10 C

10 C

Cj1051c cjeI restriction modification enzyme

9 C

10 C

9 C

9 C

Cj1139c wlaN β-1,3-galactosyltransferase

8 C

8 C

8 C

9 C

Cj1145 hypothetical protein

8 C

10 C

9 C

9 C

Cj1295 aminopeptidase

9 G

9 G

8 G

10 G

Cj1296 AAC(3) family N-acetyltransferase

9 G

9 G

9 G

9 G

Cj1305c carbonic anhydrase

10 C

9 C

10 C

11 C

Cj1306c carbonic anhydrase

9 C

9 C

9 C

9 C

Cj1310 hypothetical protein

9 C

9 C

9 C

10 C

Cj1321 promoter region; 37 bp upstream of Cj1321 start

10 G

10 G

11 G

11 G

Cj1325 methyltransferase

10 G

10 G

11 G

10 G

Cj1335–1336 motility accessory factor, maf4

9 G

10 G

9 G

9 G

Cj1342 motility accessory factor, maf7

8 C

9 C

9 C

9 C

Cj1420c methyltransferase

10 C

10 C

10 C

10 C

Cj1421c sugar transferase

9 C

9 C

9 C

9 C

Cj1422 sugar transferase

9 C

9 C

9 C

9 C

Cj1426c methyltransferase

11 C

12 C

9 C

11 C

Cj1429 hypothetical protein

11 C

8 C

10 C

11 C

Cj1437 hypothetical protein

9 C

9 C

9 C

10 C