Table 5.
Gene combinations from clinical and environmental isolates
| Patho-type | Gene combinations | Clinical isolates (n) | Environmental isolates (n) | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atypical EPEC | eaeA | 32 | 46 |
Aranda et al. (2004); Botkin et al. (2012) |
| EHEC | eaeA + stx1 | 0 | 4 | Müller et al. (2001); Contreras et al. (2011); Feng et al. (2011) |
| eaeA + stx2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| eaeA + stx1 +stx2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| stx1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| stx2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Typical EPEC | eaeA + bfp | 2 | 51 | Kaper et al. (2004); |
| bfb | 2 | 6 | Botkin et al. (2012) | |
| ETEC | lt + st | 0 | 3 | Presterl et al. (2003) |
| lt | 8 | 6 | ||
| st | 6 | 3 | ||
| lt + eagg | 1 | 0 | ||
| eaeA + ial | 0 | 4 | ||
| eaeA + eagg | 0 | 15 |