Prevalence and molecular characterization of Escherichia coli isolates during radish sprout production in the Republic of Korea

Applied Biological Chemistry

Table 3 Serological and genotypic characterization of Escherichia coli isolates

E. coli isolate	Farm	Season	Source	No. of isolates	Virulence genes		E. coli allelic profile (MLST)								ST
E. coli isolate	Farm	Season	Source	No. of isolates	eaeA	ipaH	dinB	icdA	pabB	polB	putP	trpA	trpB	uidA	ST
EPEC O110	C	Spring	Container water	5	+	-	1	23	11	9	2	144	46	137	New1
EPEC ONT	C	Spring	Container water	2	+	-	1	23	11	9	2	144	46	137	New2
ETEC O71	B	Summer	Irrigation water	1	-	+	11	35	4	52	125	146	141	2	New3

^*The numbers in the MLST column represent the number of alleles per locus; ST sequence types