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Table 2 Estimated genome sizes of EHEC strains

From: Extensive genomic diversity and selective conservation of virulence-determinants in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia colistrains of O157 and non-O157 serotypes

      Estimated sizes (kb)
  K-12* Sakai* O157 O26 O111 O103
  In silico Exp In silico Exp #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
I-ceuI-fragmant no.                                 
   1 2,498 2,686 3,216 3,191 ND 3,342 3,325 3,277 3,226 3,358 3,325 ND 3,185 3,386 3,345 3,414 3,571 3,513 3,630 3,374 2,941 3,044 2,912 2,898 2,884 2,814 2,911 2,959 3,291 ND 2,923 2,961
   2 698 687 712 720 722 722 713 713 693 718 708 ND 777 777 782 823 751 787 782 734 824 803 808 808 803 808 889 923 941 872 883 761
   3 657 649 709 707 698 679 679 657 670 679 674 ND 746 751 751 741 720 720 720 720 698 698 698 693 693 698 709 720 797 714 756 712
   4 521 525 579 591 574 574 574 574 574 582 574 ND 382 382 458 382 385 385 385 537 519 519 519 519 519 519 517 517 346 521 362 514
   5 131 127 144 142 144 142 179 142 142 144 144 ND 295 295 301 295 298 298 298 143 140 137 137 135 135 135 137 136 317 133 320 136
   6 94 83 96 89 89 88 88 88 91 88 89 ND 97 97 96 97 97 97 97 99 92 92 92 91 86 88 98 101 97 98 97 93
   7 41 41 41 41 43 42 42 42 42 42 42 ND 41 41 41 41 41 41 33 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 43 43 43 43 43
Chromosome total 4,640 4,797 5,498 5,480 ND 5,589 5,600 5,492 5,437 5,610 5,556 ND 5,524 5,731 5,773 5,794 5,864 5,842 5,945 5,647 5,256 5,334 5,207 5,185 5,160 5,102 5,303 5,398 5,833 ND 5,384 5,220
Plasmid no.                                 
   1    93 93 93 93 101 93 93 93 93 ND 7 85 91 98 98 98 98 137 77 205 125 81 87 155 74 ND 89 89 72 52
   2    3 3      6 7 3 ND   63 65 73 49   91 107   98 77 51 47 7   ND 72 63   
   3          3    ND   6   4 7   68 25   78 7 7 7 5   ND     
   4             ND   4      7 3   8   5 5    ND     
   5             ND           7       ND     
Plasmid total - - 96 96 93 93 101 93 102 99 95 ND 7 158 156 175 154 98 263 273 77 395 208 144 145 166 74 ND 160 152 72 52
Genome total 4,640 4,797 5,594 5,576 NE 5,682 5,701 5,585 5,539 5,709 5,651 ND 5,530 5,889 5,929 5,969 6,018 5,940 6,208 5,920 5,333 5,729 5,415 5,328 5,305 5,268 5,377 ND 5,993 ND 5,456 5,273
  1. *Lengths of each band estimated from experimental data and in silico analyses are shown. ND, not detected.
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