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For many years, LT was supposed to be represented by a rather conserved toxin, and one derivative, produced by the reference H10407 strain, was intensively studied either as a virulence factor or as a vaccine adjuvant. Amplicons encompassing the two LT-encoding genes (\n            <jats:italic>eltA<\/jats:italic>\n            and\n            <jats:italic>eltB<\/jats:italic>\n            ) of 51 human-derived ETEC strains, either LT\n            <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n            (25 strains) only or LT\n            <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n            \/ST\n            <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n            (26 strains), isolated from asymptomatic (24 strains) or diarrheic (27 strains) subjects, were subjected to restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis and DNA sequencing. Seven polymorphic RFLP types of the H10407 strain were detected with six (BsaI, DdeI, HhaI, HincII, HphI, and MspI) restriction enzymes. Additionally, the single-nucleotide polymorphic analysis revealed 50 base changes in the\n            <jats:italic>elt<\/jats:italic>\n            operon, including 21 polymorphic sites at\n            <jats:italic>eltA<\/jats:italic>\n            and 9 at\n            <jats:italic>eltB<\/jats:italic>\n            . Based on the deduced amino acid sequences, 16 LT types were identified, including LT1, expressed by the H10407 strain and 23 other strains belonging to seven different serotypes, and LT2, expressed by 11 strains of six different serotypes. In vitro experiments carried out with purified toxins indicated that no significant differences in GM1-binding affinity could be detected among LT1, LT2, and LT4. However, LT4, but not other toxin types, showed reduced toxic activities measured either in vitro with cultured cells (Y-1 cells) or in vivo in rabbit ligated ileal loops. 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