Virulence Genes among Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium Isolated from Coastal Beaches and Human and Nonhuman Sources in Southern California and Puerto Rico

Table 3

Distribution of virulence factor genes among E. faecalis isolates from Southern California (SC) and Puerto Rico (PR).

Source (number) of isolates	% (number) of isolates for the following virulence factor genes:
	gelE		asa1		esp		cylA		hyl		None
PR beach water (108)	98.1%	(106)	44.4%	(48)	11.1%	(12)	3.3%	(3)	0.0%	(0)	19.4%	(21)
SC beach water (8)	100.0%	(8)	12.5%	(1)	0.0%	(0)	12.5%	(1)	0.0%	(0)	0.0%	(0)
SC wrack (5)	100.0%	(5)	20.0%	(1)	0.0%	(0)	0.0%	(0)	0.0%	(0)	0.0%	(0)
SC eelgrass (5)	80.0%	(4)	0.0%	(0)	0.0%	(0)	0.0%	(0)	0.0%	(0)	20.0%	(1)
SC urban runoff (20)	70.0%	(14)	10.0%	(2)	5.0%	(1)	0.0%	(0)	0.0%	(0)	30.0%	(6)
SC sewage influent (6)	50.0%	(3)	50.0%	(3)	16.7%	(1)	16.7%	(1)	0.0%	(0)	33.3%	(2)
SC sewage effluent (6)	83.3%	(5)	0.0%	(0)	0.0%	(0)	0.0%	(0)	0.0%	(0)	16.7%	(1)
PR septage (19)	21.0%	(4)	5.3%	(1)	0.0%	(0)	5.3%	(1)	5.3%	(1)	73.7%	(14)
SC dog (7)	85.7%	(6)	42.9%	(3)	28.6%	(2)	0.0%	(0)	0.0%	(0)	0.0%	(0)
SC bird (9)	100.0%	(9)	55.5%	(5)	0.0%	(0)	0.0%	(0)	0.0%	(0)	0.0%	(0)
PR human, nonclinical (5)	100.0%	(5)	100.0%	(5)	40.0%	(2)	60.0%	(3)	0.0%	(0)	44.4%	(2)
SC human, nonclinical (15)	100.0%	(15)	66.7%	(10)	33.3%	(5)	13.3%	(2)	0.0%	(0)	0.0%	(0)
PR human, clinical (42)	71.4%	(30)	50.0%	(21)	33.3%	(14)	19.0%	(8)	0.0%	(0)	7.1%	(3)
SC human, clinical (10)	90.0%	(9)	90.0%	(9)	30.0%	(3)	70.0%	(7)	0.0%	(0)	10.0%	(1)