Table 3 Similarity measure between virulence genes and Cluster 1 E. coli strains from all groups.
Genetic elementa | Virulence gene | Similarity measureb |
|---|---|---|
OI-122 | nleB | 1.000 |
OI-122 | ent/espL2 | 0.991 |
OI-122 | nleE | 0.947 |
OI-71 | nleH1-2 | 0.684 |
OI-71 | nleF | 0.621 |
OI-71 | nleA | 0.553 |
OI-57 | nleG6-2 | 0.527 |
CP-933N | espK | 0.511 |
pO157 | ehxA | 0.445 |
OI-57 | nleG5-2 | 0.440 |
pO157 | etpD | 0.402 |
pO157 | espP | 0.399 |
pO157 | katP | 0.382 |