Characterization of the pathogenome and phylogenomic classification of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli of the O157:non-H7 serotypes

Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Sanjar, Fatemeh ^a   Rusconi, Brigida ^a   Hazen, Tracy H ^b   Koenig, Sara S K ^a   Mammel, Mark K ^c   Feng, Peter C H ^c   Rasko, David A ^b   Eppinger, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC); Genotyping; O157:non H7; Pathogenome evolution

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATHOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENOMICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROGROUP; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84954573496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2049632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femspd/ftv033     Document Type: Article

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