Estimating variation within the genes and inferring the phylogeny of 186 sequenced diverse Escherichia coli genomes

BMC Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kaas, Rolf S ^a   Friis, Carsten ^a   Ussery, David W ^a   Aarestrup, Frank M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Core genome; Escherichia coli; Genetic variation; MLST typing; Pan genome; Phylogeny; Phylotyping; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLADISTICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RELIABILITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIGELLA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84868225149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-577     Document Type: Article

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