Phylogenomic analysis of a global collection of Escherichia coli ST38: evidence of interspecies and environmental transmission?

ABSTRACT We performed a comprehensive phylogenomic analysis of 925 extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) ST38 genomes from 38 countries and diverse hosts and sources. The phylogeny resolved two broad clades: A (593 strains; 91% human) and B (332 isolates; 42% human), each with distinct...

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Main Authors: Piklu Roy Chowdhury, Priyanka Hastak, Matthew DeMaere, Ethan Wyrsch, Dmitriy Li, Paarthiphan Elankumaran, Monika Dolejska, Glenn F. Browning, Mark S. Marenda, Thomas Gottlieb, Elaine Cheong, John Merlino, Garry S. A. Myers, Steven P. Djordjevic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-10-01
Series:mSystems
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.01236-22