Comparative genomics reveals a lack of evidence for pigeons as a main source of stx2f-carrying Escherichia coli causing disease in humans and the common existence of hybrid Shiga toxin-producing and enteropathogenic E. coli pathotypes

Table 3 Overview of the gene differences among the top eight serotypes investigated

Serotype	Strains (n)	wgMLST genes shared	Total number of different genes¹	Average number of different genes per isolate	Average distance within a serotype
O63:H6	80	4092	1333	16.7	78.8
O113:H6	25	4126	358	14.3	62.1
O125:H6	28	4026	308	11.0	33.4
O132:H34	7	4031	167	23.9	52.9
O145:H34	19	4016	502	26.4	78.0
O4:H2	4	3793	545	136.3	303.7
O45:H2	15	3793	519	34.6	117.2
O128:H2	13	3851	1097	84.4	361.0

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