To kill or to be killed: pangenome analysis of Escherichia coli strains reveals a tailocin specific for pandemic ST131

To kill or to be killed: pangenome analysis of Escherichia coli strains reveals a tailocin specific for pandemic ST131

Abstract Background Escherichia coli (E. coli) has been one of the most studied model organisms in the history of life sciences. Initially thought just to be commensal bacteria, E. coli has shown wide phenotypic diversity including pathogenic isolates with great relevance to public health. Though pa...

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Main Authors: Erwin Tantoso, Birgit Eisenhaber, Miles Kirsch, Vladimir Shitov, Zhiya Zhao, Frank Eisenhaber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-06-01
Series:BMC Biology
Subjects:
Escherichia coli
Pangenome
Softcore genome
ST11
ST131 pathogenic strain
Prophage
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-022-01347-7

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-022-01347-7

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