Population Genetics of Pathogenic Escherichia coli

Bacterial Population Genetics in Infectious Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 269-286

  Denamur, Erick ^a   Picard, Bertrand ^a   Tenaillon, Olivier ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Coincidental hypothesis virulence factors evolution, in obligate parasites; Pathogenic Escherichia coli population genetics E. coli phylogenetic structure; Shigella and enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) drift and adaptive evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952407065     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470600122.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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