Research Article

Characteristics of Clinical Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Isolated from British Columbia

Table 1

The seven additional comparative genomic fingerprinting primers used in this study, their genomic location, and function of target region. The annealing temperature used for all primers was 55°C.

Primer nameForward sequence ( - )Reverse sequence ( - )O157:H7 strain: genome location (bp)Function

A2ACGGTTTCGCGCAGCTCCTCTTGCCTGATGCGCACGGCATTCAAEC4115: 2834437 2834633Phage replication initiation protein
B2GGTGCTCAAGCAGCGCCACAAATGCCGTTGCTTTGCCTGCCATTEC4115: 1542851 1543021Putative capsid protein of prophage
C5TGGGAGGGTGCATGTAAGGCGTTGGGGCATGAACTTGGGGGAGTEC4115: 3295343 3295780Predicted excisionase
F1TCGCAGGTATGGGTGCTGCTGTACGACGAAGCTTACCCTGCTGCEC4115: 5180205 5180308Hypothetical protein
E4TGCAAAGGCATGGGTCCCAACGTGATGCGGCAGCTATGGTCGCASakai: 2933058 2933350Transcriptional regulator, XRE family
E1AGTTCGCCAGTAGGCTTGCGCTTTCGACGGGCAATTTCTGCCTGCSakai: 1929526 1929606Putative transcriptional regulator
C2AGGCATGCGACCTTTCTAACTGGCATCTTCAGCGGCTGCCTGATATGCTSakai: 1936190 1936337Hypothetical protein