Table 4.
Virulence genes identified in the CI133 and CI172 strains
| VirulenceFinder | CI133 strain | CI172 strain | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virulence factor | Protein function | Accession Nº | Contig | Position in contig | Identity (%) | Contig | Position in contig | Identity (%) |
| virF | VirF transcriptional activator | AF348706 | NODE_249 | 1098..1907 | 99.88 | NODE_150 | 80..889 | 100 |
| sigA | Shigella IgA-like protease homologue | AE005674 | NODE_458 | 8272..12129 | 99.97 | NODE_263 | 8265..12122 | 100 |
| sepA | Shigella extracellular protein A | CP001384 | NODE_73 | 362..4456 | 100 | NODE_1 | 1304..5398 | 100 |
| pic | Serine protease autotransporters of Enterobacteriaceae (SPATE) | CP003289 | NODE_458 | 706..4824 | 100 | NODE_263 | 704..4822 | 100 |
| lpfA | Long polar fimbriae | AE014073 | NODE_477 | 357..929 | 100 | NODE_434 | 829..1401 | 100 |
| ipaH9.8 | Invasion plasmid antigen Shigella flexneri | CP0226 | NODE_199 | 2485..3222 | 99.86 | NODE_1201 | 1..831 | 100 |
| ipaD | Invasion protein Shigella flexneri | CP001384 | NODE_103 | 6422..7420 | 100 | NODE_21 | 26,156..27154 | 100 |
| gad | Glutamate decarboxylase | AE005674/ CP000266 | NODE_453 | 9318..10718 | 100 | NODE_305/ 372 | 6210..6771/ 9316..9877 | 100/ 100 |
| capU | Hexosyltransferase homolog | CP001062 | NODE_132 | 2175..3263 | 99.72 | NODE_65 | 4347..5435 | 99 |
| sitA | Iron transport protein | UFYN01000008 | NODE_224 | 3131..4045 | 100 | NODE_1118 | 3747..4661 | 100 |
| celb | Endonuclease colicin E2 | D00021 | ND | ND | ND | NODE_16 | 6370..6513 | 100 |
ND Not determined