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The locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) and genomic O island 122 (OI-122) are pathogenicity islands in verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) serotypes that are associated with outbreaks and serious disease. Composed of three modules, OI-122 may occur as "complete" (with all three modules) or "incomplete" (with one or two modules) in different strains. OI-122 encodes two non-LEE effector (Nle) molecules that are secreted by the LEE type III secretion system, and LEE and OI-122 are cointegrated in some VTEC strains. Thus, they are functionally linked, but little is known about the patterns of acquisition of these codependent islands. To examine this, we conducted a population genetics analysis, using multilocus sequence typing (MLST), with 72 VTEC strains (classified into seropathotypes A to E) and superimposed on the results the LEE and OI-122 contents of these organisms. The wide distribution of LEE and OI-122 modules among MLST clonal groups corroborates the hypothesis that there has been lateral transfer of both pathogenicity islands. Sequence analysis of a pagC-like gene in OI-122 module 1 also revealed two nonsynonymous single-nucleotide polymorphisms that could help discriminate a subset of seropathotype C strains and determine the presence of the LEE. A nonsense mutation was found in this gene in five less virulent strains, consistent with a decaying or inactive gene. The modular nature of OI-122 could be explained by the acquisition of modules by lateral transfer, either singly or as a group, and by degeneration of genes within modules. Correlations between clonal group, seropathotype, and LEE and OI-122 content provide insight into the role of genomic islands in VTEC evolution.

Genomic O Island 122, Locus for Enterocyte Effacement, and the Evolution of Virulent Verocytotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli