Bloody <italic toggle="yes">coli</italic>: a Gene Cocktail in <named-content content-type="genus-species">Escherichia coli</named-content> O104:H4

ABSTRACT A recent study published in mBio [Y. H. Grad et al., mBio 4(1):e00452-12, 2013] indicates that a rapid introgressive evolution has occurred in Escherichia coli O104:H4 by sequential acquisition of foreign genetic material involving pathogenicity traits. O104 genetic promiscuity cannot be re...

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Main Authors: Fernando Baquero, Raquel Tobes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2013-03-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00066-13