Table 1: Reference strains of E. coli used in IMS sensitivity and specificity experiments
Strain name |
Origin |
Year of isolation |
O serotype |
Presence of gene: |
Literature/source |
stx1 |
stx2 |
K-H-1 |
Human, Korea |
1995 |
O143 |
- |
- |
[27] |
K-H-2 |
Human, Korea |
1995 |
O1661 |
- |
- |
[27] |
M47 |
Beef, Malaysia |
1997 |
OUT2 |
- |
- |
Laboratory stock |
PE-7 |
Human, Brazil |
1989 |
O126 |
- |
- |
[29] |
KETE |
Human, USA |
Unknown |
O6 |
- |
- |
[30] |
KEIE |
Human, Thailand |
1991-1992 |
O124 |
- |
- |
[31] |
EDL993 |
Human, USA |
1982 |
O157 |
+ |
+ |
[32] |
PV11-004 |
Human, Japan |
2011 |
O91 |
+ |
- |
Laboratory stock |
PV11-006 |
Human, Japan |
2011 |
O26 |
+ |
- |
Laboratory stock |
PV11-035 |
Human, Japan |
2011 |
O145 |
- |
+ |
Laboratory stock |
PV10-104 |
Human, Japan |
2010 |
O103 |
+ |
- |
Laboratory stock |
PV08-103 |
Human, Japan |
2008 |
O111 |
+ |
+ |
Laboratory stock |
1Reported as OUT in the indicated literature, but subsequently determined to be O166 by the author (A.Y.K.).
2OUT: untypable for O serogroup.