Presences of Virulence-Associated Genes in E. coli Strains

RAPD Profiles1

Cumulative RAPD2

Profiles Based on Two Primes

Strain No

fimH

vat

tsh

iucD

papC

irp2

cav/cvi

astA

Total No of Virulence Associated Genes

Primer 4

Primer 6

1

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

A1

B1

C1

2

+

+

+

+

+

5

A1

B1

C1

3

+

+

+

+

+

5

A1

B1

C1

4

+

+

+

+

+

5

A1

B2

C2

5

+

+

+

+

+

6

A2

B3

C3

6

+

+

+

+

+

5

A3

B4

C4

7

+

+

+

+

+

+

5

A4

B5

C5

8

+

+

+

+

+

5

A5

B6

C6

9

+

+

+

+

+

5

A5

B6

C6

10

+

+

+

+

+

+

5

A6

B6

C7

11

+

+

+

+

+

5

A7

B7

C8

12

+

+

+

+

+

5

A8

B7

C9

13

+

+

+

+

+

+

6

A9

B7

C9

14

+

+

+

+

+

+

6

A9

B8

C10

15

+

+

+

+

+

+

5

A10

B8

C11

16

+

+

+

+

+

5

A10

B9

C12

17

+

+

+

+

+

5

A11

B10

C13

18

+

+

+

+

+

5

A12

B11

C14

19

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

6

A12

B12

C15

20

+

+

+

+

+

+

5

A12

B13

C16

21

+

+

+

+

+

5

A13

B13

C17

22

+

+

+

+

+

5

A14

B13

C18

23

+

+

+

+

+

5

A15

B14

C19

24

+

+

+

+

+

+

6

A16

B15

C20

25

+

+

+

+

+

+

5

A17

B15

C21