Genomic Analysis of a Hybrid Enteroaggregative Hemorrhagic <i>Escherichia coli</i> O181:H4 Strain Causing Colitis with Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome by Angelina A. Kislichkina, Nikolay N. Kartsev, Yury P. Skryabin, Angelika A. Sizova, Maria E. Kanashenko, Marat G. Teymurazov, Ekaterina S. Kuzina, Alexander G. Bogun, Nadezhda K. Fursova, Edward A. Svetoch, Ivan A. Dyatlov

“…MLST analysis showed that the strain SCPM-O-B-9427 belonged to ST678, and like <i>E. coli</i> O104:H4 strains, 2011C-3493 caused the German outbreak in 2011, and 2009EL-2050 was isolated in the Republic of Georgia in 2009. Comparison of three strains showed almost the same structure of their chromosomes: the plasmids pAA and the <i>stx2a</i> phages are very similar, but they have distinct sets of the plasmids and some unique regions in the chromosomes.…”
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