Volume 24, Number 6—June 2018
Research
Frequent Implication of Multistress-Tolerant Campylobacter jejuni in Human Infections
Figure 5
![Increased stress tolerance and prevalence of multistress-tolerant (MST) clades of Camplyobacter jejuni. A) Augmented tolerance of MST clades to 5 stressors (aeration, disinfectant [PAA], freeze-thaw, heat, and salt). Clades are arranged in the order of decreasing levels of overall stress tolerance. B) Top 10 most prevalent CGF subtypes in the CGF collection of human clinical strains of C. jejuni in Alberta, Canada, during 2006–2008 (n = 281) and 2016–May 2017 (n = 229). 1, 0044.003.001; 2, 0169.](/eid/images/17-1587-F5.jpg)
Figure 5. Increased stress tolerance and prevalence of multistress-tolerant (MST) clades of Camplyobacter jejuni. A) Augmented tolerance of MST clades to 5 stressors (aeration, disinfectant [PAA], freeze-thaw, heat, and salt). Clades are arranged in the order of decreasing levels of overall stress tolerance. B) Top 10 most prevalent CGF subtypes in the CGF collection of human clinical strains of C. jejuni in Alberta, Canada, during 2006–2008 (n = 281) and 2016–May 2017 (n = 229). 1, 0044.003.001; 2, 0169.001.002; 3, 0083.001.002; 4, 0695.006.001; 5, 0083.007.001; 6, 0269.004.001; 7, 0253.004.001; 8. 0123.002.001; 9, 0173.004.001; 10, 0882.002.002. C) Cumulative prevalence of the CGF subtypes belonging to MST clades in the CGF collection of human clinical strains of C. jejuni in Alberta, Canada, during 2006–2008 (n = 281) and 2016–May 2017 (n = 229). AT, aerotolerant; CGF, comparative genomic fingerprinting; HAT, hyperaerotolerant; OS, oxygen sensitive; PAA, peracetic acid.