title: Prevalence of the lmo0036-0043 gene cluster encoding arginine deiminase and agmatine deiminase systems in Listeria monocytogenes.
abstract: Arginine deiminase and agmatine deiminase systems are involved in acid tolerance, and their encoding genes form the cluster lmo0036-0043 in Listeria monocytogenes. While lmo0042 and lmo0043 were conserved in all L. monocytogenes strains, the lmo0036-0041 region of this cluster was identified in all lineages I and II, and the majority of lineage IV (83.3%) strains, but absent in all lineage III and a small fraction of lineage IV (16.7%) strains, suggesting that the presence of the complete lmo0036-0043 cluster is dependent on lineages. lmo0036-0043-complete and -deficient lineage IV strains exhibit specific ascB-dapE profiles, which might represent two subpopulations with distinct genetic characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Fisheries Technical Extension Center, and Zhejiang Aquatic Disease Prevention and Quarantine Center, 20 Yile Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PR China.
authors.forename: Jianshun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Changyong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Weihuan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fang
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006867:Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000382:microbiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D006867:Hydrolases; C019626:agmatine deiminase; C019723:arginine deiminase