TABLE 5.
Characteristics of CRISPRs found in Campylobacter strains
| Host | No. of strains | No. of strains with amplifiable CRISPRs | No. of strains without a spacer | No. of different CRISPR types | No. of CRISPR types shared with human strains | No. of CRISPR types found in cattle, human, and poultry strains | No. of unique CRISPR types | No. of different spacers | No. of spacers shared with human strains | No. of spacers found in cattle, human, and poultry strains | No. of host-unique spacers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cattle | 31 | 30 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 14 | 52 | 12 | 16 | ||
| Human | 83 | 71 | 15 | 44 | 5 | 30 | 100 | 21 | 40 | ||
| Poultry | 59 | 55 | 5 | 35 | 3 | 23 | 92 | 22 | 50 | ||
| Other | 11 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 5 | ||||
| All | 184 | 165 | 28 | 90 | 5 | 5 | 72 | 170 | 111 |