Table 3.

List of publically available genomes used in gene content comparisons

Nr.	Strain Name	Accession Number	Patho- type	Category	Reference
1	K12MG1655	NC_000913.2		laboratory	[18]
2	O42	NC_017626.1	EAEC	pathogenic	[19]
3	536	NC_008253.1	UPEC	pathogenic	[20]
4	55989	NC_011748.1	EAEC	pathogenic	[5]
5	CFT073	NC_004431.1	UPEC	pathogenic	[21]
6	E24377A	NC_009801.1	ETEC	pathogenic	[22]
7	H10407	NC_017633.1	ETEC	pathogenic	[23]
8	HS	NC_009800.1		commensal	[22]
9	IAI1	NC_011741.1		commensal	[5]
10	IAI39	NC_011750.1	UPEC	pathogenic	[5]
11	LF82	NC_011993.1	AIEC	pathogenic	Direct Submission
12	UTI89	NC_007946.1	UPEC	pathogenic	[24]
13	UMNO26	NC_011751.1	UPEC	pathogenic	[5]
14	UMI46	NC_017632.1	AIEC	pathogenic	[25]
15	SE15	NC_013654.1		commensal	[26]
16	SE11	NC_011415.1		commensal	[27]
17	ED1a	NC_011745.1		commensal	[5]
18	S88	NC_011742.1	ExPEC	pathogenic	[5]
19	O157:H7	NC_002695.1	EHEC	pathogenic	[28]
20	O127:H5	NC_011601.1	EPEC	pathogenic	[29]
21	O104:H4	NC_018658.1	EHEC	pathogenic	[30]
22	O83:H1	NC_017634.1	AIEC	pathogenic	[31]
23	O26:H11	NC_013361.1	EHEC	pathogenic	[32]
24	O7:K1	NC_017646.1	ExPEC	pathogenic	[33]
25	NA114	NC_017644.1	UPEC	pathogenic	Direct Submission

EAEC – enteroaggregative E.coli, UPEC – uropathogenic E.coli, ETEC – enterotoxigenic E.coli, EPEC – enteropathogenic E.coli, AIEC – adherent-invasive E.coli, ExPEC – extraintestinal pathogenic E.coli, EHEC – enterohaemorrhagic E.coli.