Putative antigenic proteins identified by comparative and subtractive reverse vaccinology in necrotic enteritis-causing Clostridium perfringens isolated from broiler chickens

Table 4 Immunogenic potential of all proteins in genomes of virulent and commensal strains of C. perfringens analyzed

Strain type	Strain identification	No. of proteins/genome	% of genome identified as antigenic	No. of proteins as probable and improbable antigen		No. of proteins for each immunogenicity score category
Strain type	Strain identification	No. of proteins/genome	% of genome identified as antigenic	Improbable antigen [score < 0,5]	Probable antigen [score > 0,5]	[0,5-0,7]	[0,7-0,9]	[0,9-1,5]	> 1,5
Virulent	MLG_2313	3351	33,24%	2237	1114	879	192	42	0
	MLG_2514	3065	34,26%	2015	1050	812	182	54	2
	MLG_1202	3646	34,20%	2399	1247	979	210	56	2
	MLG_2915	3255	33,79%	2155	1100	845	190	64	1
	MLG_7814	3556	34,06%	2345	1211	955	199	55	2
	MLG_7820	3465	33,68%	2298	1167	906	202	56	3
	Average	3390	33,87%	2242	1148	896	196	55	2
Commensal	MLG_5806	3002	32,31%	2032	970	788	146	35	1
	MLG_4206	3086	32,73%	2076	1010	819	149	42	0
	MLG_3406	3091	32,68%	2081	1010	817	147	46	0
	MLG_5213	3344	33,07%	2238	1106	883	181	42	0
	MLG_0612	3328	33,02%	2229	1099	883	176	40	0
	MLG_3119	3093	31,49%	2119	974	786	149	40	0
	MLG_2919	3092	31,47%	2119	973	784	148	41	0
	MLG_2719	3094	31,45%	2121	973	783	149	41	0
	MLG_2019	2916	32,30%	1974	942	763	741	38	0
	MLG_1619	2944	32,17%	1997	947	771	137	39	0
	Average	3099	32,27%	2099	1000	808	212	40	0,1

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