Table 1 Characteristics of the reference ETEC strains.

From: Long-read-sequenced reference genomes of the seven major lineages of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) circulating in modern time

Strain

Lineage

Phylogroup

MLST

O antigen

CF

Toxin profile

YoIa

Location

Subject

Age of subject

D/ASb

E925

L1

A

2353

O6

CS1 + CS3 + CS21

LT + STh

2003

Guatemala

Indigenous

Child < 5 yrs

D

E1649

L2

A

4

O6

CS2 + CS3 + CS21

LT + STh

1997

Indonesia

Traveller

Adult

D

E36

L3

B1

173

O78

CFA/I + CS21

LT + STh

1980

Bangladesh

Indigenous

Adult/child

D

E2980

L3

B1

5305

O114

CS7

LT

2010

Bangladesh

Indigenous

Child < 5 yrs

D

E1441

L4

A

1312

O25

CS6 + CS21

LT

1997

Kenya

Traveller

Adult

D

E1779

L5

B1

443

O115

CS5 + CS6

LT + STh

2005

Bangladesh

Indigenous

Adult

D

E562

L6

A

2332

ON3

CFA/I + CS21

STh

2000

Mexico

Traveller

Adult

D/AS

E1373

L7

E

182

O169

CS6

STp

1996

Indonesia

Traveller

Adult

D

  1. a YoI: Year of isolation.
  2. b D/AS: Diarrhoea or Asymptomatic.