Table 2. List of E. coli O157 isolates used in this study.
Isolate | Fecal Sample | Serotype1 | Sampling date2 | Source | Sampling site3 | Genes identified | |||||
stx1 | stx2 | eae | ehxA | ||||||||
RM8744 | Dc10 | O157:H7 | 18-Nov-08 | Cattle | D | – | + | + | + | ||
RM8753 | Cs11 | O157:H7 | 02-Dec-08 | Sheep | C | – | + | + | + | ||
RM8754 | Dc10 | O157:H7 | 18-Nov-08 | Cattle | D | – | + | + | + | ||
RM8759 | Cs14 | O157:H7 | 20-Jan-09 | Sheep | C | – | + | + | + | ||
RM8767 | Cc14 | O157:H7 | 20-Jan-09 | Cattle | C | – | + | + | + | ||
RM8768 | Cc14 | O157:H7 | 20-Jan-09 | Cattle | C | – | + | + | + | ||
RM8769 | Cc14 | O157:H7 | 20-Jan-09 | Cattle | C | – | + | + | + | ||
RM8771 | Cc14 | O157:H7 | 20-Jan-09 | Cattle | C | – | + | + | + | ||
RM8781 | Cs17 | O157:H7 | 25-Feb-09 | Sheep | C | – | + | + | + | ||
RM8920 | Cs17 | O157:H7 | 25-Feb-09 | Sheep | C | – | + | + | + | ||
RM8921 | Cs17 | O157:H7 | 25-Feb-09 | Sheep | C | – | + | + | + | ||
RM8922 | Cc18 | O157:H7 | 10-Mar-09 | Cattle | C | – | + | + | + | ||
RM8927 | Ec18 | O157:NT | 10-Mar-09 | Cattle | E | – | – | + | – | ||
RM8928 | Ec18 | O157:H4 | 10-Mar-09 | Cattle | E | – | – | + | – | ||
RM9450 | Cs18 | O157:H7 | 10-Mar-09 | Sheep | C | – | + | + | + | ||
RM9451 | Cs18 | O157:H7 | 10-Mar-09 | Sheep | C | – | + | + | + | ||
RM9452 | Cs23 | O157:H7 | 26-May-09 | Sheep | C | – | + | + | + | ||
RM9453 | Cs23 | O157:H7 | 26-May-09 | Sheep | C | – | + | + | + | ||
RM9454 | Cc23 | O157:H7 | 26-May-09 | Cattle | C | – | + | + | + | ||
RM9455 | Cc23 | O157:H7 | 26-May-09 | Cattle | C | – | + | + | + | ||
RM9456 | Cc20 | O157:H7 | 07-Apr-09 | Cattle | C | – | + | + | + | ||
RM9457 | Cc20 | O157:H7 | 07-Apr-09 | Cattle | C | – | + | + | + | ||
RM9458 | Bh19 | O157:H7 | 24-Mar-09 | Chicken | B | – | + | + | + | ||
RM9459 | Bh19 | O157:H7 | 24-Mar-09 | Chicken | B | – | + | + | + | ||
RM9460 | Cc20 | O157:H7 | 07-Apr-09 | Cattle | C | – | + | + | + | ||
RM9461 | Cc20 | O157:H7 | 07-Apr-09 | Cattle | C | – | + | + | + | ||
RM9462 | Dc24 | O157:H7 | 03-Jun-09 | Cattle | D | – | + | + | + | ||
RM9463 | Cs18 | O157:H7 | 10-Mar-09 | Sheep | C | – | + | + | + |
NT, H-antigen non-typeable; ONT, O-antigen non-typeable.
Enrichment broths subjected to direct plating from July to December 2008 or to immunomagnetic separation from January to June 2009.
Sampling sites correspond to regions in the Culiacan Valley, Sinaloa, Mexico, as show in Figure 1.