Derivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from its O55:H7 precursor.

There are 29 E. coli genome sequences available, mostly related to studies of species diversity or mode of pathogenicity, including two genomes of the well-known O157:H7 clone. However, there have been no genome studies of closely related clones aimed at exposing the details of evolutionary change....

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Main Authors: Zhemin Zhou, Xiaomin Li, Bin Liu, Lothar Beutin, Jianguo Xu, Yan Ren, Lu Feng, Ruiting Lan, Peter R Reeves, Lei Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2806823?pdf=render