Prevalence of Virulence Genes Associated with Diarrheagenic Pathotypes of Escherichia coli Isolates from Water, Sediment, Fish, and Crab in Aby Lagoon, Côte d’Ivoire

Table 1

Primers used for PCR in this study [23].

Genes	Sequence (5′ to 3′)	Size (bp)	References
Eae	F CCC GAA TTC GGC ACA AGC ATA AGC; R CCC GGA TCC GTC TCG CCA GTA TTC G	881	[24]
Stx	F GAG CGA AAT AAT TTATAT GTG; R TGA TGA TGG CAA TTC AGT AT	518	[25]
AggR	F GTA TAC ACA AAA GAA GGA AGC; R ACA GAA TCG TCA GCA TCA GC	254	[26]
Elt	F TCTCTATGTGCATACGGAGC; R CCATACTGATTGCCGCAAT	322	[27]
Est	F TTAATAGCACCCGGTACAAGCAGG; R CCTGACTCTTCAAAAGAGAAAATTAC	147	[28]