Table 1

EHEC strains tested in this study

No.
Strain
Serotype
Source
Country
Symptoms
Shiga toxin
Intimin type

Sakai
RIMD 0509952
O157:H7
Human
Japan
(Sequenced strain)
stx1, stx2
γ1
O157 #2
980938
O157:H7
Human
Japan
Abdominal pain, fever
stx1, stx2vh-b
γ1
O157 #3
980706
O157:H7
Human
Japan
Diarrhea, bloody stool, abdominal pain
stx1, stx2, stx2vh-a
γ1
O157 #4
990281
O157:H7
Human
Japan
Asymptomatic carrier
stx2vh-a
γ1
O157 #5
980551
O157:H7
Human
Japan
Diarrhea, bloody stool
stx1, stx2
γ1
O157 #6
990570
O157:H7
Human
Japan
Diarrhea, bloody stool, fever
stx2vh-a
γ1
O157 #7
981456
O157:H7
Human
Japan
Diarrhea
stx1, stx2vh-a
γ1
O157 #8
982243
O157:H-
Human
Japan
Diarrhea, fever
stx1, stx2vh-a
γ1
O157 #9
981795
O157:H7
Human
Japan
Diarrhea, bloody stool, abdominal pain
stx1, stx2
γ1
O26 #1
11044
O26:H11
Human
Japan
Diarrhea, bloody stool
stx1
β1
O26 #2
11368
O26:H11
Human
Japan
Diarrhea
stx1
β1
O26 #3
11656
O26:H-
Human
Japan
Diarrhea, fever
stx1
β1
O26 #4
12719
O26:H-
Human
Japan
Diarrhea
stx1
β1
O26 #5
12929
O26:H-
Human
Japan
Diarrhea
stx1
β1
O26 #6
13065
O26:H11
Human
Japan
Diarrhea, abdominal pain
stx1
β1
O26 #7
13247
O26:H11
Human
Japan
Diarrhea, abdominal pain
stx1
β1
O26 #8
ED411
O26:H11
Human
Italy

stx2
β1
O111 #1
11109
O111:H-
Human
Japan
Diarrhea, abdominal pain
stx1
γy
O111 #2
11128
O111:H-
Human
Japan
Diarrhea, bloody stool
stx1, stx2
γy
O111 #3
11619
O111:H-
Human
Japan
Asymptomatic carrier
stx1, stx2
γy
O111 #4
11788
O111:H-
Human
Japan
Diarrhea
stx1
γy
O111 #5
13369
O111:H-
Human
Japan
Diarrhea, abdominal pain, bloody stool
stx1
γy
O111 #6
ED71
O111:H-
Human
Italy

stx1
γy
O103 #1
10828
O103:H2
Human
Japan
Diarrhea, abdominal pain
stx1
ε
O103 #2
11117
O103:H2
Human
Japan
Diarrhea, fever
stx1
ε
O103 #3
11711
O103:H2
Human
Japan
Diarrhea, fever
stx1
ε
O103 #4
11845
O103:H2
Human
Japan
Diarrhea, abdominal pain
stx1
ε
O103 #5
12009
O103:H2
Human
Japan
Diarrhea, bloody stool
stx1, stx2
ε
O103 #6
PMK5
O103:H2
Human
France
HUS
stx1
ε

Ogura et al. Genome Biology 2007 8:R138   doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-7-r138