Research Article

Genotype Cluster Analysis in Pathogenic Escherichia coli Isolates Producing Different CDT Types

Table 2

The occurrence of virulence-associated genes including plasmid, Pathogenicity Island, chromosomal and phage genes. (+) indicates positive PCR product and the existence of mentioned gene while (−) indicates negative PCR product.

Strain espP etpD katP sfpA Hly fliC fimH cdt-I cdt-II cdt-III cdt-IVcdt-Vstx1 stx2

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