TABLE 2.

Distributions of ORFs located on SpLE1 in diarrheagenic E. coli strains and enteropathogens

Type	Serogroup	No. of strains	No. (%) of strains positive with the following ORF probe:
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7
EHEC	O157	15	15 (100)	15 (100)	15 (100)	15 (100)	15 (100)	13 (86.7)	15 (100)
EHEC	O26	4	4 (100)	4 (100)	4 (100)	3 (75.0)	4 (100)	3 (75.0)	4 (100)
EHEC	O111	3	3 (100)	2 (66.7)	3 (100)	2 (66.7)	3 (100)	0	3 (100)
ETEC		12	0	0	0	0	0	2 (16.7)	1 (8.3)
EPEC		8	0	1 (12.5)	0	2 (25.0)	7 (87.5)	6 (75.0)	0
EIEC		10	0	8 (80.0)	0	7 (70.0)	9 (90.0)	1 (10.0)	4 (40.0)
EAggEC		3	1 (33.3)	1 (33.3)	0	3 (100)	0	1 (33.3)	3 (100)
Shigellaa		2	0	2 (100)	0	0	2 (100)	1 (50.0)	1 (50.0)
Salmonellab		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
E. coli JM109			0	0	0	0	0	0	0

^aS. flexneri and S. dysenteriae. 

^bS. enterica serovar Enteritidis and S. enterica serovar Typhimurium.