Table 1.

Prevalence of virulence factors represented on the Enteroarray

Virulence factor	Descriptiona	Presence (% total) in:
		E. faecalis	E. faecium	E. hirae plus E. avium
ace	Collagen binding cell wall protein	100	0	0
agg	Aggregative adherence protein	16	0	0
agrBfs	AgrBfs protein in E. faecalis	100	0	0
cad1	Pheromone cAD1 precursor lipoprotein	100	0	100
cAM373 gene	Sex pheromone cAM373 precursor	100	0	0
cCF10 gene	Pheromone cCF10 precursor lipoprotein	100	0	0
cob	Pheromone cOB1 precursor/lipoprotein	100	0	0
cpd1	Pheromone cPD1 lipoprotein	100	0	0
cylA	Hemolysin	6	0	0
cylB	Hemolysin	6	0	0
cylL	Hemolysin	3	0	0
cylM	Hemolysin	3	0	0
efaAEfs	E. faecalis specific cell wall adhesin	100	0	0
efmAEfm	E. faecium specific cell wall adhesin	0	90.1	0
esp (E. faecalis)	E. faecalis enterococcal surface protein	0	0	0
esp (E. faecium)	E. faecium enterococcal surface protein	0	0	0
gelE	Gelatinase	100	0	0

^aNo virulence factors were found in E. casselflavus, E. gallinarum, and E. durans hybridized to the Enteroarray.