TABLE 5.

Distribution of fimbiria-related gene clusters of W3110 in pathogenic strains

Gene clustera	Fimbrial type (reference[s])	O157 Sakai	EHEC	EPEC-1	EPEC-2	EPEC-3	EPEC-4	EPEC-5	EPEC-6	EPEC-7	ETEC-1	ETEC-2	EIEC-1	EIEC-2	EIEC-3	EIEC-4	UPEC-1	UPEC-2	UPEC-3	REPEC	SF	SB	SS
hofCB, ppdD	Putative (22)	+b	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
yadCKLM, htrE, ecpD, yadN	Putative (22)	−	[−]	[−]	[−]	−	+	[−]	−	−	+	+	[−]	[−]	[−]	[−]	−	−	[−]	[−]	−	[−]	[−]
yagV[W]XYZ, ykgK	CSI homologue (15, 22)	+	[−]	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	−	+	−	+	+	+	+	+	−	−	−
sfmACDHF, fimZ	Salmonella homo- logue (22)	+	+	+	[−]	−	+	+	−	−	+	+	+	+	[−]	[−]	−	−	−	+	[−]	[−]	[−]
ybgPQD	Pap homologue (15, 22)	−	[−]	[−]	−	−	+	[−]	−	−	[−]	[−]	[−]	[−]	[−]	[−]	−	−	−	[−]	[−]	[−]	[−]
ycbQRSTUVF	Type 1 homologue (15, 22)	+	[−]	[−]	[−]	−	+	[−]	−	−	+	[−]	[−]	[−]	[−]	[−]	−	−	−	[−]	[−]	[−]	[−]
csgGFEDBAC	Curli (15)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	[−]	[−]	+	+	+	+	−	+	+
ydeQRST	Type 1 homologue (15, 22)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	−	[−]	−	−	+	[−]	+	+	+	+	+	[−]	−	[−]
yehABCDE	Sef homologue (15, 22)	−	+	[−]	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	[−]	+	+
yfcPQRSUV	Pap homologue (22)	−	[−]	[−]	[−]	−	+	[−]	−	−	+	+	[−]	[−]	[−]	[−]	−	−	−	[−]	[−]	[−]	[−]
ppdC, ygdB, ppdBA	Putative (22)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
yqiGH	Putative (22)	−	+	+	−	−	+	+	−	−	+	+	[−]	−	+	+	−	−	−	+	−	+	+
yraHIJK	Putative (22)	+	+	+	[−]	−	+	+	−	−	+	+	+	[−]	[−]	−	−	−	−	+	+	+	[−]
yhcAD	Putative (22)	−	−	−	−	−	+	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
hofQ, yrfABCD	Putative (22)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
fimBEAICFGH	Type 1 (15)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	[−]	+	[−]	[−]	+	+	+	+	+	[−]	−

^aGenes are arranged in clockwise order on the W3100 genome sequence. A gene that was not spotted on the DNA array is enclosed in brackets.

^b+, all genes were conserved; [−], genes were partially lost; −, all genes were missing.