TABLE 3.

Expression of BFP-related phenotypes by EPEC strains

bfpA allele	Strain	Serotype	Bundlina	BFPb	LAc	Autoaggregationd
α1	Beta	O55:H6	+	NDe	+	+
α1	E990	O86:NM	+	+	+	+
α1	E2348/69	O127:H6	+	+	+	+
α1	HSP19/4	O86:H+	+	ND	+	+
α2	009-271082	O111:NM	−	−	−	−
α2	2309-77	O111ab:H2	−	−	−	−
α2	DIF043256	O111:H2	+	ND	+	+
α2	Stoke W	O111ab:NM	+	ND	+	+
α2	RN191/1	O111:H+	+	ND	+	+
α3	10	O119:H+	+	ND	+	+
α3	0659-79	O119:H6	+	ND	+	+
α3	010-311082	O128:H+	+	+	+	+
α3	RN410/1	O119:H+	+	ND	+	+
β1	012-050982	O142:H+	+	+	+	+
β2	Z188-93	O110:H6	+	ND	+	+
β3	CA89-4221	NTf:H+	+	+	+	+
β4	E56/54	O128ab:H2	−	−	+	−
β5	C771	O142:H6	−	−	+	−
β5	E851/71	O142:H6	+	+	+	+
β5	MA551/1	O55:NM	+	ND	+	+

^aAntigenic detection of bundlin protein by immunoblotting. +, presence of bundlin; −, absence of bundlin. 

^bVisual detection of BFP by electron microscopy. +, pili present; −, pili absent. 

^cLA of EPEC to cultured epithelial cells. +, presence of LA; −, absence of LA. 

^dAutoaggregation of EPEC in tissue culture medium. +, presence of autoaggregation; −, absence of autoaggregation. 

^eND, not determined. 

^fNT, nontypeable.