Table 4.

Genome based virulence gene screening of Klebsiella aerogenes (strain RD99) isolated from Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Virulence categories	Virulence factors	Related genes
Adherence	Type 3 fimbriae	mrkH, mrkI
	Type I fimbriae	fimA, fimB, fimC, fimD, fimE, fimF, fimG, fimH, fimI, fimK
	CFA/I fimbriae (Escherichia)	cfaB
	Hemorrhagic E. coli pilus (HCP) (Escherichia)	hofC
Antiphagocytosis	Capsular polysaccharide	wbjD/wecB
Efflux pump	AcrAB	acrA, acrB
Iron uptake	Aerobactin	iutA
	Ent siderophore	entA, entB, entC, entE, entF, entS, fepA, fepB, fepC, fepD, fepG, fes
	Salmochelin	IroB, iroC, iroD, iroE, iroN
	Acinetobactin	basG
Regulation	RcsAB	rcsA, rcsB
Secretion system	T6SS-I	clpV/tssH, hcp/tssD, impA/tssA, sciN/tssJ, tssF, tssG, vasE/tssK, vgrG/tssI, vipA/tssB, vipB/tssC
	T6SS-II	clpV, dotU, icmF, ompA
	T6SS-III	impA, impF
	Flagella (cluster I) (Yersinia)	flgA, flgB, flgC, flgD, flgE, flgF, flgG, flgH, flgI, flgJ, flgK, flgL, flgM, flgN, flhA, flhB, flhC, flhD, flhE, fliA, fliE, fliF, fliG, fliH, fliI, fliJ, fliL, fliM, fliN, fliP, fliQ, fliR, fliS, fliT,
	Hcp secretion island-1 encoded type VI secretion system (H-T6SS) (Pseudomonas)	clpV1, hcp1
Toxin	Enterotoxin SenB/TieB	senB
	Heat-stable cytotonic enterotoxin	ast
Fimbrial adherence determinants	Bcf	bcfB, bcfD, bcfE, bcfF, bcfG
	Stc	stcB, stcC
Invasion	Flagella	cheB, cheR, cheW, cheY, cheZ, motA
Magnesium uptake	Mg2+ transport	mgtB
Motility	Flagella	flaA, motB