Table 5 Conservation of the loci for iron uptake systems in each EHEC strain

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

		K-12	O157								O26								O111						O103
Locus no.	ECs number		#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
1	ECs0154-0157, 1752, 3889, 3890	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
2	ECs0413-0415	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	ECs0622-0635	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
4	ECs1693-1699	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	ECs3913-3917	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	ECs4250&4251	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
7	ECs4380-4387	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Symbols: '+' indicates a locus where all genes were conserved; '-' a locus where all genes were absent. Genes judged as 'uncertain' were not considered.

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