Table 1.

Literature reported aptamers for pathogenic E. coli.

No.	Name	Sequence (5′ - 3′)	Target Strains of E. coli	Recognition Sites	Ref.	Follow up Work
1	Seq.1	ACCAGTAGACTTTCAACTTTACTGCCATCGTGTGCCCTAA	Enteropathogenic E. coli	Whole bacteria	[35]	[36]
2	Seq.28	ACAGTGCTCGGGATATATCAATATGTCACCTCGGCTAATG	Enteropathogenic E. coli	Whole bacteria	[35]	[36]
3	aptamer37	GGAGACCGTACCATCTGTTCGTGGAAGCGCTTTGCTCGTCCATTAGCCTTGTGCTCGTGC	Enterotoxigenic E. coli	Pilin protein	[21]	[37]
4	I-1	UGAUUCCAUCUUCCUGGACUGUCGAAAAUUCAGUAUCGGGAGGUUACGUAUUUGGUUUAU	Enteropathogenic E. coli	Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)	[33]	[38]
5	EcA5-27	GGCATAGCTGCCGGGAGGGGGGGG	Urethropathogenic E. coli	Whole bacteria	[34]	/
6	E2	CCATGAGTGTTGTGAAATGTTGGGACACTAGGTGGCATAGAGCCG	E. coli KCTC 2571	Whole bacteria	[39]	[40]
7	E1	ACTTAGGTCGAGGTTAGTTTGTCTTGCTGGCGCATCCACTGAGCG	E. coli KCTC 2571	Whole bacteria	[39]	/
8	E10	GTTGCACTGTGCGGCCGAGCTGCCCCCTGGTTTGTGAATACCCTGGG	E. coli KCTC 2571	Whole bacteria	[39]	/
9	E12	GCGAGGGCCAACGGTGGTTACGTCGCTACGGCGCTACTGGTTGAT	E. coli KCTC 2571	Whole bacteria	[39]	/
10	20#	CGAACGAATATAATTATGGCGTCCCCGGGGTTTCG	Enterohemorrhagic E.coli	Outer membrane proteins (OMPs)	[41]	/
11	L1F	CGTCGCTATGAAGTAACAAAGATAGGAGCAATCGGG	Enteropathogenic E. coli O111:B4	LPS	[42]	[43]
12	Eco 4 Rev	ACGGCGCTCCCAACAGGCCTCTCCTTACGGCATATTA	E. coli strain 8739	OMPs	[44]	/
13	Eco 3 Rev	GTCTGCGAGCGGGGCGCGGGCCCGGCGGGGGATGCG	E. coli strain 8739	OMPs	[44]	[45]
14	/	GGGAGAGCGGAAGCGUGCUGGGUCGCAGUUUGCGCGCGUUCCAACUUCUCUCAUCACGGAAACAUAACCCAGAGGUCGAU	E. coli DH5α	Whole bacteria	[46]	[46]
15	E17F-37	ATCAAATGTGCAGATATCAAGACGATTTGTACAAGAT	Enterohemorrhagic E.coli	LPS	[47]	[45,47,48]
16	E18R-42	CCGGACGCTTATGCCTTGCCATCTACAGAGCAGGTGTGACGG	Enterohemorrhagic E.coli	LPS	[47]	[49]
17	S1	TGGTCGTGGTGAGGTGCGTGTATGGGTGGTGGATGAGTGTGTGGC	Enterohemorrhagic E.coli	Whole bacteria	[50]	[50]
18	Ec3	GCACGAAUUUGCUGUGUUUUUGGGGGGGUCGGGGAGUAUA	E. coli DH5α	Whole bacteria	[51]	[51]
19	EA	CCGGACGCTTATGCCTTGCCATCTACAGAGCAGGTGTGACGG	Enterohemorrhagic E.coli	Whole bacteria	[38]	[38]
20	AM-6	GGGTGATGGGTGCATGTGATGAAAGGGGTTCGTGCTATGCTGTTTTGTCTAATAATACTAGTCCTTGCCAAGGTTTATTC	Enterohemorrhagic E.coli	Whole bacteria	[52]	[53]
21	ETEC-1	CTATAACTTTACTCCTAAGAACCCAAACAACACACA	Enterotoxigenic E.coli	Whole bacteria	[54]	/
22	Aptamer1	CGCAGTTTGGGAAGGGTGATCGCACTATCAGAGGATTCCGTTCGG	Enterohemorrhagic E.coli	Whole bacteria	[55]	[56]