Table 2 Presence of orfz2240 in different pathogenic E. coli and other enteric bacteria
Diarrhoeagenic E. coli category or enterobacterial genus/species | # of strains screened | # positive for z2240 by PCR |
|---|---|---|
EAEC (ST complexes 31,38 and 394) | 16 | 16 |
EAEC (all other STs) | 57 | 0 |
Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli O157:H7 | 3 | 3 |
Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (non O157) | 15 | 0 |
Diffusely adherent E. coli | 11 | 8 |
Shigella flexneri | 4 | 2 |
Shigella dysenteriae | 3 | 0 |
Shigella sonnei | 24 | 20 |
Enteroinvasive E. coli | 4 | 0 |
Enterotoxigenic E. coli | 2 | 0 |
Enteropathogenic E. coli | 22 | 1 |
Uropathogenic E. coli | 2 | 1 |
Aeromonas hydrophilia gp | 6 | 2 |
Citrobacter sp. | 14 | 0 |
Escherichia hermanii | 6 | 1 |
Enterobacter sp. | 7 | 0 |
Hafnia sp. | 8 | 0 |
Klebsiella sp. | 7 | 0 |
Morganella sp. | 4 | 1 |
Proteus sp. | 8 | 0 |
Providencia sp. | 9 | 0 |
Salmonella sp. | 6 | 0 |
Serratia sp. | 4 | 0 |
Vibrio sp. | 2 | 0 |
Yersinia sp. | 4 | 0 |