Table 2.
Presence of orfz2240 in different pathogenic E. coli and other enteric bacteria
| Diarrhoeagenic E. coli category or enterobacterial genus/species | # of strains screened | # positive for z2240 by PCR |
|---|---|---|
| EAEC (ST complexes 31,38 and 394) | 16 | 16 |
| EAEC (all other STs) | 57 | 0 |
| Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli O157:H7 | 3 | 3 |
| Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (non O157) | 15 | 0 |
| Diffusely adherent E. coli | 11 | 8 |
| Shigella flexneri | 4 | 2 |
| Shigella dysenteriae | 3 | 0 |
| Shigella sonnei | 24 | 20 |
| Enteroinvasive E. coli | 4 | 0 |
| Enterotoxigenic E. coli | 2 | 0 |
| Enteropathogenic E. coli | 22 | 1 |
| Uropathogenic E. coli | 2 | 1 |
| Aeromonas hydrophilia gp | 6 | 2 |
| Citrobacter sp. | 14 | 0 |
| Escherichia hermanii | 6 | 1 |
| Enterobacter sp. | 7 | 0 |
| Hafnia sp. | 8 | 0 |
| Klebsiella sp. | 7 | 0 |
| Morganella sp. | 4 | 1 |
| Proteus sp. | 8 | 0 |
| Providencia sp. | 9 | 0 |
| Salmonella sp. | 6 | 0 |
| Serratia sp. | 4 | 0 |
| Vibrio sp. | 2 | 0 |
| Yersinia sp. | 4 | 0 |