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Phylogenetic distribution of extraintestinal virulence-associated traits in Escherichia coli.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2001
Johnson J R, Delavari P, Kuskowski M, Stell A L
Abstract excerpt
The 72 member strains of the Escherichia coli Reference collection were assessed as to genotype for 31 putative extraintestinal virulence factor (VF) genes and DNA sequence for papA, the P fimbrial structural subunit gene. Although most VFs were concentrated in phylogenetic group B2 or jointly in groups B2 and D, others were concentrated primarily in group D, were broadly distributed (without group-specific...
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