Genomic diversity of pathogenic <it>Escherichia coli </it>of the EHEC 2 clonal complex

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Evolutionary analyses of enterohemorrhagic <it>Escherichia coli </it>(EHEC) have identified two distantly related clonal groups: EHEC 1, including serotype O157:H7 and its inferred ancestor O55:H7; and EHEC 2, comprised o...

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Main Authors: Qi Weihong, Wick Lukas M, Lacher David W, Abu-Ali Galeb S, Whittam Thomas S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-07-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/10/296