Serotypes, intimin variants and other virulence factors of eae positive Escherichia coli strains isolated from healthy cattle in Switzerland. Identification of a new intimin variant gene (eae-η2)

Table 3 Accession numbers of sequenced eae genes of some EPEC strains

Strain	Origin	Serotype	Intimin	EMBL nucleotide sequence	bfpA	EAF plasmid	stx1 stx2
FV5109-4113/1	healthy cattle¹	ONT:H45	η2	AJ879898	+	-	-
FV5113-4115/2	healthy cattle¹	ONT:H45	η2	AJ879899	+	-	-
FV5114/1-3933/51	healthy cattle¹	ONT:H45	η2	AJ879900	+	-	-
H03-53199a	patient with diarrhea²	ONT:H45	η2	AJ876652	nd	nd	-
FV5114/2-3933/52	healthy cattle¹	O156:H25	ζ	AJ879901	-	-	-
FV5125-4125/1	healthy cattle¹	O157:H45	α1	AJ879902	+	-	-
FV5123-4286/1	healthy cattle¹	O2:H45	κ	AJ879903	-	-	-
FV5133-3988/1	healthy cattle¹	ONT:H-	κ	AJ879904	-	-	-
FV5126-3951/1	healthy cattle¹	O119:H8	ι1	AJ879905	+	-	-
FV5120-4075/1	healthy cattle¹	O103:H8	ι1	AJ879906	+	-	-
FV3854-1070/1	healthy cattle³	O157:H45	α1	AJ879907	+	-	-

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