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. 2014 Apr 15;2014:465054. doi: 10.1155/2014/465054

Table 3.

Study of pathogenicity islands, phylogenetic classification, and virulence genes in 20 ExPEC strains from human hemocultures.

Strains PC Pathogenicity islands Virulence genes
IV536 ICFT073 IICFT073 IJ96 kpsII K1 fyuA papC papG sfaA Ibe10 hly cnf1 cnf2 traT iutA iroN ompT hlyF iss
1 B2 + + + + + + + + + +
2 B2 + + + + + + +
3 B2 + + + + +
4 B2 + + + + +
5 A + + + + +
6 A + + + + +
7 B2 + + + + + + + + + +
8 B2 + +
9 B2 + + + + + + + + + +
10 B1 + + + + + + + + +
11 A + + + + + +
12 B1 + + +
13 A + + + + + + + +
14 A + + + + + + +
15 A +
16 B2 +
17 D + + + +
18 B1 + + +
19 D + + + + + +
20 B1 + + + +

PC: phylogenetic classification; pathogenicity islands: PAI IV536, PAI ICFT073, PAI IICFT073, and PAI IJ96; adhesions: papC, papG, sfaA, sfaS, and afa; invasion: ibe10; toxins: cnf2, cnf1, hlyA, hlyF, and cvaC; iron uptake systems: fyuA, iutA, and iroN; serum resistance: kps II, K1, traT, and iss; proteases: ompT.