Intergenic sequence comparison of Escherichia coli isolates reveals lifestyle adaptations but not host specificity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 7620-7632

  White, A P ^a,c   Sibley, K A ^a   Sibley, C D ^c   Wasmuth, J D ^c   Schaefer R , ^a   Surette M G , ^c   Edge, T A ^d   Neumann, N F ^a,b  

^a PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; E. COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI BACTERIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETIC DISTANCES; GENOME-WIDE SEQUENCES; HOST SOURCE; HOST-SPECIFICITY; HUMAN INFECTION; INTERGENIC REGIONS; MOLECULAR ADAPTATIONS; MOLECULAR SIGNATURES; PHYLOGENETIC TREES; PROMOTER ELEMENTS; PROMOTER SEQUENCES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEQUENCE COMPARISONS; VIRULENCE GENE; ZOONOTIC POTENTIAL;

BACTERIOLOGY; GENES; HEALTH RISKS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SPACER DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENERALIST; HEALTH RISK; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LIFESTYLE; MORPHOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOST SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGMA FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 83155178426     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05909-11     Document Type: Article

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