TABLE 1.
Virulence factors in each isolate
Virulence mechanism | Virulence gene | Pasteur ST [no. of isolates (%)] |
All isolates | |||||
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ST1 | ST2 | ST600 | ST570 | ST113 | ||||
Adherence | ompA | 17/17 (100) | 7/7 (100) | 2/2 (100) | 1/1 (100) | 4/4 (100) | 31/31 (100) | |
Biofilm formation | ||||||||
Efflux pump | adeF, adeG, adeH | 17/17 (100) | 7/7 (100) | 2/2 (100) | 1/1 (100) | 4/4 (100) | 31/31 (100) | |
Biofilm-associated protein | bap | 0/17 (0) | 7/7 (100) | 2/2 (100) | 1/1 (100) | 1/4 (25) | 21/31 (67.7) | |
Csu fimbrae | csuA, csuA/B, csuC, csuD, csuE | 17/17 (100) | 7/7 (100) | 2/2 (100) | 1/1 (100) | 4/4 (100) | 31/31 (100%) | |
Biofilm formation | pgaA, pgaB, pgaC, pgaD | 17/17 (100) | 7/7 (100) | 2/2 (100) | 1/1 (100) | 4/4 (100) | 31/31 (100%) | |
Phospholipase | plc, plcD | 17/17 (100) | 7/7 (100) | 2/2 (100) | 1/1 (100) | 4/4 (100) | 31/31 (100%) | |
Acinetobactin production | barA, barB, basA, basB, basC, basF, basG, basH, basI, basJ, entE | 17/17 (100) | 7/7 (100) | 2/2 (100) | 1/1 (100) | 4/4 (100) | 31/31 (100) | |
bauA | 0/17 (0) | 7/7 (100) | 2/2 (100) | 1/1 (100) | 1/4 (25) | 21/31 (67.7) | ||
bauB, bauC, bauD, bauE, bauF | 17/17 (100) | 7/7 (100) | 2/2 (100) | 1/1 (100) | 4/4 (100) | 31/31 (100) | ||
Regulation | ||||||||
Quorum sensing | abaI, abaR | 17/17 (100) | 7/7 (100) | 2/2 (100) | 1/1 (100) | 4/4 (100) | 31/31 (100) | |
Two-component system | bfmR, bfmS | 17/17 (100) | 7/7 (100) | 2/2 (100) | 1/1 (100) | 4/4 (100) | 31/31 (100s) |