Comparative genomics reveals that a fish pathogenic bacterium Edwardsiella tarda has acquired the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) through horizontal gene transfer

Table 1 E. tarda strains sequenced in this study

	Strain	Source	Characteristics	Place of isolation	Isolation year
Fish-pathogenic	NUF806	flounder (kidney)	serotype A	Nagasaki, Japan	1997
	E22	eel (blood)	serotype A attenuated during cultivation	Shizuoka, Japan	1972
	FPC503	red sea bream (kidney)	serotype A nonmotile	Nagasaki, Japan	1980
Non-pathogenic	SU100	eel pond	serotype C	Shizuoka, Japan	1980
	SU117	eel pond	N.D.	Shizuoka, Japan	1980
	SU138	eel gut	serotype B	Shizuoka, Japan	1980
	SU244	eel pond	serotype D	Shizuoka, Japan	1988
Reference strain	ATCC23685	human	O1958: H18	USA	N.D.

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