Complete genome sequence of Crohn's disease-associated adherent-invasive E. coli strain LF82.

BACKGROUND: Ileal lesions of Crohn's disease (CD) patients are abnormally colonized by pathogenic adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) able to invade and to replicate within intestinal epithelial cells and macrophages. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We report here the complete genome sequence of E. c...

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Main Authors: Sylvie Miquel, Eric Peyretaillade, Laurent Claret, Amélie de Vallée, Carole Dossat, Benoit Vacherie, El Hajji Zineb, Beatrice Segurens, Valerie Barbe, Pierre Sauvanet, Christel Neut, Jean-Frédéric Colombel, Claudine Medigue, Francisco J M Mojica, Pierre Peyret, Richard Bonnet, Arlette Darfeuille-Michaud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2941450?pdf=render