Table 2 Genomic islands comparison between two genotype groups of E. coli O45 strains.

OI#1

S-loop#1

-

+

putative fimbrial chaperone and protein

OI#2

S-loop#3

-

+

CcdA-like protein, CcdB-like protein

OI#7

S-loop#14

+/-

-

VgrG protein

OI#9

S-loop#17

-

+

putative transcriptional regulator, transport protein

OI#11

S-loop#19

-

+

putative transcriptional regulator

OI#14

S-loop#23

-

+

putative invertase, hypothetical protein

OI#15

S-loop#24

+

-

Aida-I, adhesin-like protein

OI#19

S-loop#30

-

+

hypothetical protein

OI#20

S-loop#31

-

+

putative sensor histidine protein kinase

OI#24

S-loop#37

-

+

hypothetical protein

OI#25

S-loop#38

-

+

hypothetical protein

OI#26

S-loop#39

-

+

hypothetical protein

OI#28

S-loop#42

-

+

putative outer membrane transport protein

OI#29

S-loop#43

-

+

adhesin/invasin-like protein

OI#30

S-loop#44

+/-

-

putative Vgr protein

S-loop#51

-

+

putative fimbrial-like protein

OI#35

S-loop#52

-

+

putative transcription regulator

OI#37

S-loop#57

-

+

hypothetical protein

OI#41

S-loop#61

-

+

hypothetical protein

OI#47

S-loop#71

-

+

hemagglutinin/hemolysin-related protein

OI#50

+/-

-

putative antirepressor of prophage CP-933N

OI#51

S-loop#78

+/-

-

putative single stranded DNA-binding protein

S-loop#85

+

-

putative regulatory protein

OI#52

S-loop#108

+

-

putative phage tail protein

OI#52

S-loop#153

+

-

putative host specificity protein

OI#57

S-loop#85

+

-

virulence factor Paa

OI#65

S-loop#99

+

-

VgrE protein

OI#70

S-loop#87

-

+

putative transcription regulatory protein

OI#71

S-loop#108

+/-

-

BfpT-regulated chaperone-like protein

OI#76

S-loop#119

+/-

-

putative transcriptional regulator

OI#91

+

-

unknown function

OI#106

-

+

putative polyferredoxin

OI#115

-

+

TTSS or ETT2

OI#120

+

-

hypothetical lipoprotein

OI#122

+/-

-

putative adherence factor, putative enterotoxin

OI#123

-

+/-

putative ABC-type iron-siderophore transport system

OI#130

-

+

leader peptidase HopD

OI#132

-

+

hypothetical protein

OI#134

S-loop#220

-

+

putative ATP-dependent DNA helicase

OI#136

S-loop#223

-

+

putative membrane protein

OI#137

S-loop#224

-

+

hypothetical protein

OI#140

S-loop#231

-

+

heme utilization/transport protein,

OI#141

S-loop#232

-

+/-

putative fimbrial protein precursor

OI#154

S-loop#253

-

+

putative type 1 fimbrial protein

OI#155

S-loop#256

-

+

hypothetical protein

OI#156

S-loop#257

+

-

hypothetical membrane protein

OI#158

S-loop#264

-

+

hypothetical protein

OI#159

S-loop#265

-

+

putative glycoprotein

OI#161

S-loop#267

-

+

hypothetical membrane protein

OI#162

+

-

RhsC protein in rhs element

K-loop#28

KI #18

+

-

polysaccharide metabolism; YaiP

K-loop#67

KI #40

+

-

hypothetical protein

K-loop#76

KI #44

+

-

hypothetical protein

K-loop#88

KI #52

+

-

homolog of virulence factor; b1121

K-loop#97

KI #60

+^b

-

orf, hypothetical protein; YchG

K-loop#140

KI #84

-

+

orf, hypothetical protein; b2071

K-loop#164

KI #93

-

+

acetyl-CoA: acetoacetyl-CoA transferase alpha subunit

K-loop#178

KI #103

+

-

xanthosine permease; XapA, XapB

K-loop#203

KI #120

+

-

putative DEOR-type transcriptional regulator; YgbI

K-loop#218

KI #132

+

-

hypothetical protein

K-loop#220

KI #133

+

-

putative fimbrial-like protein; YgiL

K-loop#255

KI #154

+

-

putative lipase; YiaL

K-loop#267

KI #161

+

-

regulator protein for dgo operon; YidW