Table 1.

STEC O104:H4 strains used for isolation of lysogenic Stx-encoding bacteriophages

Strain no.	Original designation	Source, origin, yr of isolation, and disease	Presence of virulence gene:
			stx2	aggR	wzxO104	aggA	agg3A	astA
CB13344	RKI 11-02027a	Human, Germany, 2011, HUS	+	+	+	+	−	−
CB13374		Sprouted seeds, Germany, 2011	+	+	+	+	−	−
CB8983		Human, Germany, 2001, HC	+	+	+	−	+	+
CB13437	1106-3060-1b	Human, Norway, 2006, diarrhea	+	+	+	−	+	+
CB13771	2009EL-2050c	Human, Georgia, 2009, HC	+	+	+	+	−	−
CB13372	2009EL-2071c	Human, Georgia, 2009, HC	+	+	+	+	−	−

^aProvided by the Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.

^bFrom the collection of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.

^cFrom the collection of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.