Table 2.

Characterisation of E. coli strains isolated from neonatal nasogastric feeding tubes

Strain	1047	1050	1009	904	923	939	780	1008
	(ST2076)a	(ST2076)	(ST73)	(ST95)	(ST95)	(ST95)	(ST127)	(ST394)
Reaction
Haemolysis reaction on sheep blood agar	α	α	α	α	α	α	α	β
Motility	NM	NM	NM	NM	NM	NM	NM	Motile
MLST loci adk	21	21	36	37	37	37	21	13
fumC	35	35	24	38	38	38	35	14
gyrB	61	61	9	19	19	19	61	19
icd	52	52	13	37	37	37	52	36
mdh	5	5	17	17	17	17	5	23
purA	77	77	11	11	11	11	5	11
recA	4	4	25	26	26	26	4	10
O-antigenb	O44	-	O25:K5	O1:K1	-	-	O77	O-rough
Sequence type	2076	2076	73	95	95	95	394	127

^aSequence type given in parenthesis, ^bLaboratory determination by Statens Serum Institut of pulsotype representatives