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. 2009 Oct 30;76(1):203–211. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01921-09

TABLE 2.

Virulotyping of the eae and nle genes in EHEC strains

Serotype No. tested stx pattern Virulotype
ehxA eae ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleF nleH1-2 nleA
Or[157]:H7, O157:[H7]a 68b,c,d 3 stx1, 43 stx2, 22 stx1 and stx2 ehxA gamma ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleF nleH1-2 nleA
O157:[H7] 6b,c,d 1 stx1, 4 stx2, 1 stx1 and stx2 ehxA gamma ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleH1-2 nleA
O157:[H7] 2b 2 stx2 ehxA gamma ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleH1-2
O103:H2 23b,c,d 21 stx1, 1 stx2, 1 stx1 and stx2 ehxA epsilon ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleH1-2
O103:H2 2b,d 2 stx1 epsilon ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleH1-2
O103:[H2] 1 stx1 ehxA ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleH1-2
O111:[H8] 21b,d 13 stx1, 3 stx2, 5 stx1 and stx2 ehxA theta ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleF nleH1-2 nleA
O111:[H−] 2b 1 stx2, 1 stx1 and stx2 ehxA theta ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleF nleH1-2 nleA
O111:H8 1b stx1 theta ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleF nleH1-2 nleA
O111:H8 1b stx1 and stx2 theta ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleH1-2 nleA
O26:[H11] 22b,c,d 12 stx1, 7 stx2, 3 stx1 and stx2 ehxA beta ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleF nleH1-2 nleA
O26:[H11] 7b 2 stx1, 3 stx2, 2 stx1 and stx2 beta ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleF nleH1-2 nleA
O26:[H11] 3b,d 2 stx1, 1 stx1 and stx2 ehxA beta ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleH1-2 nleA
O26:[H11] 1b stx1 beta ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleH1-2 nleA
O26:H11 1b stx1 ehxA beta ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleA
O145:[H28] 17b,d 8 stx1, 8 stx2, 1 stx1 and stx2 ehxA gamma ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleH1-2
O145:H28 1b stx1 ehxA gamma ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleH1-2 nleA
O121:H19 4b 4 stx2 ehxA epsilon ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleF nleH1-2 nleA
O5:H− 12b,c 12 stx1 ehxA beta ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleF nleH1-2 nleA
O103:H25 1b stx2 ehxA theta ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleF nleH1-2 nleA
O55:H7 2b,c 2 stx2 gamma ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleF nleH1-2 nleA
O118:H16 19b,d 16 stx1, 3 stx1 and stx2 ehxA beta ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleF nleH1-2 nleA
O118:H16 2b 2 stx1 beta ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleF nleH1-2 nleA
O123:H11 1b stx2 ehxA beta ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleF nleH1-2 nleA
O165:H25 1b stx2 ehxA epsilon ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleF nleH1-2 nleA
O172:[H25] 1b stx2 ehxA epsilon ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleF nleH1-2 nleA
O45:H2 1b stx1 ehxA epsilon ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleH1-2
O15:H2 1b stx2 beta ent/espL2 nleB nleE nleH1-2
a

Six of these were SF O157:H− and two were O-rough:[H7] positive for the rfbEO157 gene. Brackets indicate genotyping of the flic or rfb genes.

b

Clinical isolate.

c

Food isolate.

d

Animal/environment isolate.