Table 3. Principal characteristics of the 28 Escherichia coli/Shigella strains.

Namea	additional information	Serotype	Clinical condition (Pathotypec)	GenBank accession	Genome sequence reference
K-12	K-12 MG1655	O16b	Commensal	U00096	[67]
	K-12 W3110	O16b	Commensal	AP009048	[68]
	K-12 DH10B	O16b	Commensal	CP000948	[69]
	K12 BW2952	O16b	Commensal	CP001396	[13]
HS		O9	Commensal	CP000802	[4]
ATCC 8739		O146	Commensal	CP000946
IAI1		O8	Commensal	CU928160	[5]
CB9615		O55:H7	Diarrhoea (EPEC)	CP001846	this work
EDL933		O157:H7	Diarrhoea (EHEC)	AE005174	[26]
Sakai		O157:H7	Diarrhoea (EHEC)	BA000007	[25]
UMN026		O17:K52:H18	Cystitis (ExPEC)	CU928163	[5]
IAI39		O7:K1	Pyeloneprhitis (ExPEC)	CU928164	[5]
UTI89		O18	Cystitis (ExPEC)	CP000243	[70]
APEC 01		O1	Colisepticemia (ExPEC)	CP000468	[71]
S88		O45:K1:H7	New born meningitis (ExPEC)	CU928161	[5]
CFT073		O6:K2:H1	Pyeloneprhitis (ExPEC)	AE014075	[72]
ED1a		O81	Commensal	CU928162	[5]
536		O6:K15:H31	Pyeloneprhitis (ExPEC)	CP000247	[73]
E2348/69		O127:H6	Diarrhoea (EPEC)	FM180568	[43]
E24377A		O139:H28	Diarrhoea (ETEC)	CP000800	[4]
SMS-3-5		O19:H34	Commensal	CP000970	[74]
SE11		O152:H28	Commensal	AP009240	[75]
B4 Sb227	S. boydii 4 227	B4	Shigellosis	CP000036	[76]
B18 BS512	S. boydii CDC 3083-94	B18	Shigellosis	CP001063	[77]
SS Ss046	S. sonnei 046	Sonnei	Shigellosis	CP000038	[76]
F2a 301	S. flexneri 2a 301	F2a	Shigellosis	AE005674	[78]
F2a 2457T	S. flexneri 2a 2457T	F2a	Shigellosis	AE014073	[79]
F5b 8401	S. flexneri 5b 8401	F5b	Shigellosis	CP000266	[80]
D1 Sd197	S. dysenteriae 1 197	D1	Shigellosis	CP000034	[76]

^aName as used in this paper.

^bO antigen not expressed in K-12 due to mutation.

^cEAEC (Enteroaggregative E. coli), EPEC(Enteropathogenic E.coli), EHEC (Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli), ExPEC (Extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli).