Comparative genomic analysis provides insight into the phylogeny and virulence of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains from Brazil.

• Hoofdauteurs: Rodrigo T Hernandes (Auteur), Tracy H Hazen (Auteur), Luís F Dos Santos (Auteur), Taylor K S Richter (Auteur), Jane M Michalski (Auteur), David A Rasko (Auteur)
• Formaat: Boek
• Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (aEPEC) are one of the most frequent intestinal E. coli pathotypes isolated from diarrheal patients in Brazil. Isolates of aEPEC contain the locus of enterocyte effacement, but lack the genes of the bundle-forming pilus of typ...