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. 2021 Sep 27;17(9):e1009820. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009820

Table 1. Sources of 496 genomes within HierCC cluster HC20_373, including ATCC14028s derivatives (EnteroBase 1/12/2020).

Laboratory-derived Human infection Livestock Environment Other
Summary data Laboratory Non-Laboratory Poultry Swine Cows Plants or Food Soil or Rivers Animal Feed, Llama, Lamb
Number 156 17 159 42 33 24 47 11 7
Dates Since 1960 2010–2020 2004–2020 2001–2018 2007–2019 2000–2018 2002–2019 2007–2018 2007–2017
Geography global N. America France, UK global Americas Europe Americas, Europe Africa Americas Europe Americas, Europe, Asia North America, Europe Americas, Europe, Asia
Number with transposon 27 (17%) 3 (18%) 0 (<1%) 0 (<2%) 0 (<3%) 0 (<4%) 0 (<2%) 0 (<9%) 0 (<14%)
Transposon cat, Tn5, Tn10 cat, tet + Tn3, Luciferase None None None None None None None
No. which acquired GI 3 (2%) 1 (6%) 17 (11%) 5 (12%) 0 (<3%) 2 (8%) 3 (6%) 0 (<9%) 1 (14%)
GI IncP1 plasmid, λ prophage 1 IncI Plasmid 14 IncI & other plasmids; 6 prophages 1 plasmid; 4 prophages None Prophage 2 plasmids; 1 prophage None 1 IncI1-I plasmid
Number which lost GI 9 (6%) 2 (12%) 1 (<1%) 0 (<2%) 0 (<3%) 1 (4%) 0 (<2%) 0 (<9%) 1 (14%)
GI lost SPI-1, SPI-11, pSV IncFII Virulence plasmid SPI-2 SPI-12 None None Virulence plasmid None None SPI-1,2,3,4,5, pSV IncFII Virulence plasmid
Number which lost antigen genes/Gifsy 5 (3%) 2 (12%) 0 (<1%) 2 (5%) 0 (<3%) 0 (<4%) 0 (<2%) 0 (<9%) 1 (14%)
Antigen genes/Gifsy fli, Gifsy-1 glycosyltransferase rfb None Gifsy-1 None None None None Gifsy-1, Gifsy-3

NOTE: GI, any form of genomic island, including plasmids and bacteriophages.