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. 2022 Feb 4;46(3):fuac008. doi: 10.1093/femsre/fuac008

Table 2.

Classification and examples of the pathotypes of E. coli.

Pathotype/pathovar Virulence mechanism(s) Host range Reference
InPEC Locus of enterocyte effacement; pathogenicity island 1 Humans and all mammals Robins-Browne et al. (2016)
InPEC Small fimbrial adhesins; toxins; transcriptional activator gene; aggregative adhesion HumansRobins-Browne et al. (2016) Robins-Browne et al. (2016)
InPEC Shiga toxin or verotoxins; afimbrial and fimbrial adhesins Humans and piglets Robins-Browne et al. (2016)
InPEC Heat labile and heat-stable enterotoxins Humans, ruminants, pigs, and dogs Robins-Browne et al. (2016)
InPEC Invasion and multiplication in enterocytes Humans and primates Robins-Browne et al. (2016)
InPEC Adhesins Humans and animals Robins-Browne et al. (2016)
InPEC Shiga toxin Humans [323]
InPEC Adherent invasive phenotype Humans and animals Robins-Browne et al. (2016)
ExPEC Adhesins, secretion and iron uptake systems, increased serum survival and cytotoxic proteins Birds Sheldon et al. 2010
ExPEC Fimbrial adhesins; siderophores, resistance to complement Humans and animals (especially dogs and cats) Mainil 2013
ExPEC Iron acquisition systems, degradation of interferon-gamma, and cleavage of the human defensin LL-37 Humans Nicholson et al. (2016)
ExPEC Fimbrial adhesins; siderophores; resistance to complement All mammals and birds (especially poultry) Mainil 2013
ExPEC Unknown Animals Blum et al. 2015
ExPEC Type II, IV, and VI secretion systems, long polar fimbriae (lpfA) and iron acquisition Animals Dogan et al. 2012
ExPEC Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factors 1 or 2 and α haemolysin; fimbrial and/or afimbrial adhesins; siderophores; resistance to complement Humans, animals, and ruminants Mainil 2013

InPEC, Intestinal pathogenic E. coli; ExPEC, Extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli; EPEC, Enteropathogenic E. coli; EAEC, Enteroaggregative E. coli; EHEC, Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli; ETEC, Enterotoxigenic E. coli; EIEC, Enteroinvasive E. coli; DAEC, Diffusely adherent E. coli; STEAEC, Shiga-toxigenic Enteraggregative E. coli; AIEC, Adherent invasive E. coli; APEC, Avian pathogenic E. coli; UPEC, Uropathogenic E. coli; NMEC, Neonatal meningitis E. coli; SePEC, Human sepsis-associated E. coli; MPEC, Mammary pathogenic E. coli; EnPEC, Endometrial pathogenic E. coli; and NTEC, Necrotoxigenic E. coli.