Genomic Comparison of Escherichia coli O104:H4 Isolates from 2009 and 2011 Reveals Plasmid, and Prophage Heterogeneity, Including Shiga Toxin Encoding Phage stx2

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  Ahmed, Sanaa A ^a   Awosika, Joy ^b   Baldwin, Carson ^c   Bishop Lilly, Kimberly A ^b   Biswas, Biswajit ^b   Broomall, Stacey ^d   Chain, Patrick S G ^a   Chertkov, Olga ^a   Chokoshvili, Otar ^e,m   Coyne, Susan ^c   Davenport, Karen ^a   Detter, J Chris ^a   Dorman, William ^c   Erkkila, Tracy H ^a   Folster, Jason P ^f   Frey, Kenneth G ^b   George, Matroner ^b   Gleasner, Cheryl ^a   Henry, Matthew ^b   Hill, Karen K ^a   Hubbard, Kyle ^c,d,g   Insalaco, Joseph ^d,h   Johnson, Shannon ^a   Kitzmiller, Aaron ⁱ   Krepps, Michael ^d,g   Lo, Chien Chi ^a   Luu, Truong ^b   McNew, Lauren A ^d,l   Minogue, Timothy ^c   Munk, Christine A ^a   Osborne, Brian ⁱ   Patel, Mohit ^b   Reitenga, Krista G ^a   Rosenzweig, C Nicole ^d   Shea, April ^c,j   Shen, Xiaohong ^a   Strockbine, Nancy ^f   Tarr, Cheryl ^f   Teshima, Hazuki ^a   van Gieson, Eric ^k   Verratti, Kathleen ^b   Wolcott, Mark ^c   Xie, Gary ^a   Sozhamannan, Shanmuga ^b   Gibbons, Henry S ^d   more..

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE CTX15; CEFOXITIN; CEFTIOFUR; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; SHIGA TOXIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLASMID; PROPHAGE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

AREA UNDER CURVE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROPHAGES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIGA TOXIN 2; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84868319863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048228     Document Type: Article

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