Table 3 Number of E. coli isolates from human and 18 animal species and its adhesion patterns on Caco-2, IPEC-J2, 5637 and PK-15

Isolates

19

22

23

22

8

7

19

7

9

6

22

4

17

22

21

13

5

14

22

282

Caco-2

Microcolonies

5

4

3

6

4

-

6

2

-

1

6

2

8

1

4

-

-

2

8

62

Chains

-

-

2

-

-

-

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

1

1

9

Distributed

5

5

5

1

3

5

2

4

3

4

8

1

8

1

3

8

3

7

8

84

Non-adherent

9

13

13

15

1

2

8

1

6

1

8

1

1

18

14

5

2

4

5

127

IPEC-J2

Microcolonies

3

3

2

6

3

-

7

2

-

2

2

2

5

-

6

1

-

1

7

52

Chains

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

1

1

5

Distributed

7

4

3

5

-

2

7

2

3

1

1

-

3

1

-

3

1

3

9

55

Non-adherent

9

15

18

10

5

5

5

3

6

3

19

2

9

19

15

9

4

9

5

170

5637

Microcolonies

1

2

4

5

1

-

5

1

-

1

4

2

4

1

3

-

-

1

4

39

Chains

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

2

6

Clumps

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

Distributed

6

5

2

2

2

2

3

-

-

-

3

-

3

5

3

2

1

2

2

43

Non-adherent

11

15

16

15

5

5

10

6

9

5

15

2

9

14

15

11

4

11

14

192

PK-15

Microcolonies

6

2

3

2

2

-

4

1

-

2

2

2

2

-

4

-

-

1

6

39

Chains

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

1

1

6

Distributed

2

3

1

1

1

-

3

1

1

2

-

1

3

1

4

3

1

5

1

34

Non-adherent

11

17

18

19

5

7

11

5

8

2

20

1

12

19

13

10

4

7

14

203