Table 1

Fecal Enterococcus faecalis isolates used in this study.

Infant

Isolate

MLST

CPS

Ab^R

Genotypes

Phenotypes

ST

CC

A

39A

91

S

-

-

ace, agg, esp, fsrB, gelE

GEL

A

88A

91

S

-

-

ace, agg, esp, fsrB, gelE

GEL

A

92A

44

44

T1

-

ace, agg *

-

A

111A

161

8

T1

aT

ace, agg, cylL, esp, gelE

CYL

A

112A

64

8

-

T

ace, agg, cylL, esp, gelE

CYL

A

123A

64

8

-

T

ace, agg, esp, gelE

CYL

A

125A

64

8

-

aT

ace, agg, cylL, esp, gelE

CYL

A

157A

91

S

-

-

ace, agg, esp, fsrB, gelE

GEL

B

2B

30

30

-

aT

ace, agg, esp, gelE

-

B

75B

30

30

-

a

ace, agg, esp, gelE

-

B

132B

44

44

-

T

ace, agg, cylL, fsrB, gelE

GEL

B

158B

6

2

T2

a

ace, agg, cylL, fsrB, gelE

CYL

B

226B

6

2

-

-

ace, agg, cylL, fsrB, gelE

CYL

C

26C

44

44

-

T

ace, agg, cylL, fsrB, gelE

GEL

C

29C

44

44

T1

aT

ace, agg, cylL, fsrB, gelE

CYL GEL

C

34C

44

44

-

T

ace, agg, cylL, fsrB, gelE

GEL

C

105C

194

S

-

T

ace, agg, esp, fsrB, gelE

GEL

C

141C

44

44

-

aT

ace, agg, esp, fsrB, gelE

GEL

D

4

30

30

-

a

ace, esp, gelE

-

E

59

30

30

-

a

ace, esp, gelE

-

F

62

66

S

T1

T

ace, agg, esp, gelE

-

G

85

30

30

T5

AG

ace, esp, gelE

-

H

105

16

S

T2

aEGT

ace, agg, cylL, esp, fsrB, gelE

CYL GEL

I

135

16

S

-

aEGT

ace, agg, cylL, esp, fsrB, gelE

GEL

I

137

30

30

-

a

ace, esp, gelE

-

I

236

16

S

-

EGT

ace, agg, esp, fsrB, gelE

GEL

J

173

55

55

-

aET

ace, agg, cylL, esp

-

J

189

162

72

T5

a

ace, agg, cylL, fsrB, gelE

CYL GEL

J

199

162

72

-

-

ace, agg, cylL, esp, fsrB, gelE

GEL

K

266

163

S

T2

aT

ace, agg, fsrB, gelE

-

K

267

163

S

-

-

ace, agg, cylL, esp, fsrB, gelE

GEL

* Isolate 92A was not genotyped for the presence of gelE, and fsrB by PCR.

The isolates from infants A-C are listed chronologically, according to their time of isolation. Isolates that have been genomotyped by CGH are listed in bold. CS; community surveillance, MLST; multilocus sequence typing, ST; sequence type, CC; clonal complex, S; singleton, CPS; capsular locus polymorphism type, Ab^R; antibiotic resistance, A; ampicillin, E; erythromycin, G; gentamicin, T; tetracycline, ace; collagen-binding adhesin, agg; aggregation substance, esp; enterococcal surface protein, frsB;, gelE; gelatinase, cylL; cytolysin L, CYL; cytolysin activity, GEL; gelatinase activity.

Solheim et al. BMC Genomics 2009 10:194   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-10-194