Virulence factors of Enterococcus strains isolated from patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Table 1 List of Enterococcus strains used in the experiment

Number of isolates	Strain number	Species (API 20 Strep/Multiplex PCR)	Disease entity/Patient number
1	3A	Enterococcus faecium	CD/1
2	3B	Enterococcus faecium
3	10A	Enterococcus avium	CD/2
4	12A/1	Enterococcus faecalis
5	12A/2	Enterococcus avium	CD/3
6	12B	Enterococcus faecium
7	25A	Enterococcus faecium	CD/4
8	25B	Enterococcus avium
9	31B	Enterococcus faecalis	CD/5
10	42A/1	Enterococcus faecalis	CD/6
11	42A/2	Enterococcus faecium
12	51A/1	Enterococcus faecalis	CD/7
13	51A/2	Enterococcus avium
14	57A	Enterococcus faecium	CD/8
15	8A	Enterococcus faecalis	CD/9
16	8B/1	Enterococcus faecalis
17	8B/2	Enterococcus avium
18	19B	Enterococcus faecium	CD/10
19	22B	Enterococcus faecalis	CD/11
20	69A	Enterococcus faecalis	CD/12
21	79A	Enterococcus faecalis	CD/13
22	32B	Enterococcus faecalis	UC/1
23	35A	Enterococcus faecalis	UC/2
24	40A	Enterococcus avium	UC/3
25	40B	Enterococcus avium
26	48A	Enterococcus faecalis	UC/4
27	58A	Enterococcus faecalis	UC/5
28	77A	Enterococcus faecalis	UC/6
29	33B	Enterococcus avium	UC/7
30	29B	Enterococcus avium	UC/8
31	34A/1	Enterococcus faecium	UC/9
32	34A/2	Enterococcus avium
33	64B	Enterococcus faecalis	UC/10
34	65A	Enterococcus faecalis	UC/11
35	5B	Enterococcus faecalis	Control/1
36	7B	Enterococcus faecium	Control/2
37	15B/1	Enterococcus avium	Control/3
38	15B/2	Enterococcus durans	Control/4
39	16B/1	Enterococcus avium	Control/5
40	16B/2	Enterococcus durans
41	27B/1	Enterococcus faecalis	Control/6
42	27B/2	Enterococcus faecium
43	27B/3	Enterococcus avium
44	30B/1	Enterococcus faecium	Control/7
45	30B/2	Enterococcus avium
46	46B	Enterococcus faecalis	Control/8
47	55B	Enterococcus faecalis	Control/9
48	66B	Enterococcus faecalis	Control/10

CD: Crohn’s disease; UC: Ulcerative colitis; PCR: Polymerase chain reaction Species identification was conducted with the use of API Strep system (bioMerieux) and multiplex polymerase chain reaction assays.