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Table 1 Species of isolated E. coli and detected intestinal E. coli pathotypes

From: Adhesion patterns of commensal and pathogenic Escherichia coli from humans and wild animals on human and porcine epithelial cell lines

Species

Number of E. coli isolates

aEPEC

tEPEC

STEC

ETEC

DAEC

Mammals

     

Homo sapiens

Human

19(a)

-

-

1

-

1

Sus scrofa domestica

Domestic pig

22(b)

-

-

-

1

-

Capreolus capreolus

Roe deer

23(c,d)

-

-

9

1

-

Erinaceus europaeus

European hedgehog

22(c)

-

1

-

-

-

Lepus europaeus

European hare

8(c)

3

-

-

-

-

Lutra lutra

European otter

7(c)

-

-

-

-

-

Martes sp.

Marten

19(c)

3

-

-

-

-

Meles meles

European badger

7(c)

1

-

-

-

-

Mus musculus

House mouse

9(c)

-

-

-

-

-

Oryctolagus cuniculus

European rabbit

6(c)

-

1

-

-

-

Procyon lotor

Raccoon

22(c)

2

-

-

-

-

Rattus norvegicus

Brown rat

4(c)

-

-

-

-

-

Sciurus vulgaris

Red squirrel

17(c)

2

-

-

-

-

Sus scrofa

Wild boar

22(c,d)

-

-

-

-

-

Vulpes vulpes

Red fox

21(c)

1

-

-

1

-

Birds

     

Accipiter nisus

Eurasian sparrowhawk

13(c)

-

-

-

-

-

Asio otus

Long-eared owl

5(c)

-

-

-

-

-

Buteo buteo

Common buzzard

14(c)

-

-

-

-

-

Turdus merula

Common blackbird

22(c)

-

-

-

-

-

  1. (a)Isolates sampled by Thomas Wex, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany; (b)Isolates collected from eighteen different pig production units in Eastern Germany in the years 2009/2010;
  2. (c)Isolates collected from dead animals in the LausitzLusatia), a region in southeastern Germany, which were directly collected as accident victims or which were delivered to the Senckenberg MuseumGörlitz, Germany) and the Museum der WestlausitzKamenz, Germany) between 2007 and 2011;
  3. (d)Isolates sampled during several hunts between 2007 and 2010.
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Gut Pathogens

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