Table 3.
Virulence profiles of four Shigella isolates sequenced in this study, as determined by VirulenceFinder from whole genome assemblies. x indicates virulence factor present, – indicates virulence factor absent
|
Virulence factor |
598 080 (S. sonnei) |
607 387 (S. sonnei) |
888 048 ( S. flexneri 3a) |
893 916 ( S. sonnei ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Invasion protein (ipaD) |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
Hexosyltransferase homlog (capU) |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
VirF transcriptional activator (virF) |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
Shigella extracellular protein A (sepA) |
– |
– |
x |
– |
|
Glutamate decarboxylase (gad) |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
Invasion plasmid antigen (ipaH) |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
Aerobactin synthetase (iucC) |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
Ferric aerobactin receptor (iutA) |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
Secreted autotransporter toxin (sat) |
– |
– |
x |
– |
|
Iron transport protein (sitA) |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
Tellurium ion resistance protein (terC) |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
Outer membrane complement resistance protein (traT) |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
Long polar fimbriae (lpfA) |
x |
x |
– |
x |
|
Shigella IgA-like protease homolog (sigA) |
x |
x |
– |
x |
|
Enterotoxin ShET-2 (senB) |
x |
x |
– |
x |
|
Endonuclease colicin E2 (celb) |
x |
x |
– |
– |