ETEC	Enterotoxigenic E. coli
EPEC	Enteropathogenic E. coli
EIEC	Enteroinvasive E. coli
DAEC	Diffusely adherent E. coli
EAEC	Enteroaggregative E. coli
EHEC	Enterohemorrhagic E. coli
HUS	hemolytic uremic syndrome
LEE	Locus of Enterocyte Effacement
HTR	Horizontally-transferred-regions
GIT	Gastrointestinal tract
Lpf	Long polar fimbriae
ECP	E. coli common pilus
ELF	E. coli laminin-binding fimbriae
SMX-TM	Sulfamethoxazole/trimethopri
qRT-PCR	Quantitative real-time PCR
FC	Fold-change
EMEM	Eagle’s Minimal Essential Medium
SEM	Scanning electron microscopy
TRE	Terminal rectal epithelial
ON	Overnight
ANOVA	Analysis of variance
FBS	Fetal bovine serum
GEO	Gene Expression Omnibus