Table 1.

List of strains and genomes used in this study

Strain	ST	Pathotype	Accession number
E. coli UTI18	131	ExPEC	ERP001095
E. coli EC958	131	ExPEC	CAFL01000001
E. coli NA114	131	ExPEC	CP002797.1
E. coli UTI24	131	ExPEC	ERP001095
E. coli UTI32	131	ExPEC	ERP001095
E. coli UTI62	131	ExPEC	ERP001095
E. coli UTI188	131	ExPEC	ERP001095
E. coli UTI226	131	ExPEC	ERP001095
E. coli UTI306	131	ExPEC	ERP001095
E. coli UTI423	131	ExPEC	ERP001095
E. coli UTI587	131	ExPEC	ERP001095
E. coli UTI570	131	ExPEC	ERP001095
E. coli JIE168	131	ExPEC	ERP001095
E. coli JJ1886	131	ExPEC	CP006784.1
E. coli SE15	131	Human commensal	AP009378.1
E. coli LF82	135	AIEC	NC_011993.1
E. coli IHE3034	95	ST95 ExPEC	CP001969.1
E. coli UTI89	95	ST95 ExPEC	CP000243.1
E. coli S88	95	O45 ExPEC	CU928161.2
E. coli APEC01	95	APEC	CP000468.1
E. coli UM146	643	AIEC	CP002167.1
E. coli NRG857c	135	AIEC	CP001855.1
E. coli ED1a	452	O81	CU928162.2
ABU89372	73	Asymptomatic	CP001671
E. coli CFT073	73	ExPEC	AE014075.1
E. coli Di14	73	ExPEC	AE014075.1
E. coli Di12	73	ExPEC	CP002211.1