Genomic diversity, pathogenicity and antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli isolated from poultry in the southern United States

Abstract Escherichia coli (E. coli) are typically present as commensal bacteria in the gastro-intestinal tract of most animals including poultry species, but some avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC) strains can cause localized and even systematic infections in domestic poultry. Emergence and re-emergenc...

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Main Authors: Aijing Feng, Sadia Akter, Spencer A. Leigh, Hui Wang, G. Todd Pharr, Jeff Evans, Scott L. Branton, Martha Pulido Landinez, Lanny Pace, Xiu-Feng Wan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-01-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-022-02721-9