Presences of Virulence-Associated Genes in E. coli Strains1

RAPD Profiles2

Cumulative RAPD3

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

26

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

6

A18

B15

C22

27

+

+

+

+

+

5

A19

B15

C23

28

+

+

+

+

+

+

5

A19

B16

C24

29

+

+

+

+

+

+

5

A19

B16

C24

30

+

+

+

+

+

+

5

A20

B17

C25

31

+

+

+

+

+

+

6

A21

B18

C26

32

+

+

+

+

+

5

A22

B18

C27

33

+

+

+

+

+

+

6

A23

B19

C28

34

+

+

+

+

+

5

A23

B20

C29

35

+

+

+

+

+

+

5

A23

B20

C29

36

+

+

+

+

+

+

6

A23

B20

C29

37

+

+

+

+

+

+

5

A23

B20

C29

38

+

+

+

+

+

+

6

A23

B20

C29

39

+

+

+

+

+

5

A24

B21

C30

40

+

+

+

+

+

5

A24

B21

C30

41

+

+

+

+

+

+

6

A25

B22

C31

42

+

+

+

+

+

5

A25

B22

C31

43

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

A26

B23

C32

44

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

A27

B24

C33

45

+

+

+

+

+

+

5

A28

B25

C34

46

+

+

+

+

+

+

5

A28

B25

C34

47

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

A28

B26

C35

48

+

+

+

+

+

5

A28

B26

C35

49

+

+

+

+

+

5

A28

B26

C35

50

+

+

+

+

+

+

6

A28

B26

C35