Table 1.

Examples of bacteria with sialic acid present on their cell surface.

Bacteria	Major disease	List of transporters	References
Neisseria meningitidis B	Meningitis	Kps	Vimr et al. (2004), Severi et al. (2007), and Haines-Menges et al. (2015)
Escherichia coli K1	Neonatal meningitis	NanT	Vimr et al. (2004) and Haines-Menges et al. (2015)
Campylobacter jejuni	Enteritis	Kps	Vimr et al. (2004) and Severi et al. (2007)
Fusobacterium nucleatum	Periodontal diseases	SiaP	Gangi Setty et al. (2014) and Thomas (2016)
Tannerella forsythia	Periodontal diseases	NanT	Thomas (2016) and Roy et al. (2010)
Haemophilus influenzae	Respiratory infections	SiaP	Gangi Setty et al. (2014), Haines-Menges et al. (2015), and Thomas (2016)
Haemophilus ducreyi	Chancroid	Sat-type ABC	Post et al. (2005) and Thomas (2016)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Pneumonia	NanT	Almagro-Moreno and Boyd (2010) and Green et al. (2018)
Escherichia coli K12	Neonatal meningitis	NanT	Vimr et al. (2004) and Haines-Menges et al. (2015)
Salmonella sp.	Salmonellosis	NanT, SiaT	Haines-Menges et al. (2015) and Thomas (2016)
Vibrio cholerae	Cholera	SiaP	Vimr et al. (2004), Gangi Setty et al. (2014), Haines-Menges et al. (2015), and Thomas (2016)
Yersinia sp.	Yersiniosis	NanT	Vimr et al. (2004), Haines-Menges et al. (2015), and Thomas (2016)
Citrobacter sp.	Infant meningitis, urinary tract infections	NanT	Thomas (2016)