Table 3.

Virulence genes in the Escherichia albertii Ea_FM1 genome.

Virulence classes	Virulence genes
Effector delivery system (n = 58)	nleA/espI, nleC, nleD, nleH1, nleH1, sepD, escC, escD, escF, escJ, escK, escP, escR, escS, escT, escU, escV, glrA, glrR, escI, sepQ/escQ, espH, sepL, espA, espB, espD, espF, cesAB, cesD, cesL, cesD2, escG, espJ, espK, map, hcp1/tssD1, tssA, gspC, gspD, gspE, gspF, gspG, gspH, gspI, gspJ, gspK, gspL, gspM, escN, escO, cesF, cesT, eae, escE, rorf1, etgA, escL, tssM
Adherence (n = 17)	fimA, fimB, fimE, fimI, fimF, fimG, fimH, fimC, fimD, paa, csgC, csgA, cgsE, cgsF, cgsG, cgsD, csgB
Nutritional/metabolic factor (n = 22)	chuA, fes, entF, entS, fepA, fepB, fepC, fepD, fepG, entD, fepE, entC, entE, entB, entA, shuV, chuU, chuY, chuX, chuW, chuT, chuS
Exotoxin (n = 4)	east1, cdtA, cdtB, cdtC
Invasion (n = 4)	ompA, ibeC, ibeB, aslA
Regulation (n = 6)	pmrA, rcsB, rpoS, fur, phoP, AAC38364
Antimicrobial activity/competitive advantage (n = 1)	acrB
Immune modulation (n = 1)	gndA