A phylogenomic analysis of <it>Escherichia coli</it> / <it>Shigella</it> group: implications of genomic features associated with pathogenicity and ecological adaptation
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The <it>Escherichia coli</it> species contains a variety of commensal and pathogenic strains, and its intraspecific diversity is extraordinarily high. With the availability of an increasing number of <it>E. coli<...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-09-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/174 |