Article
Phylogenetic relationships among clonal groups of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli as assessed by multi-locus sequence analysis.
Microbes and infection - 1 Jun 2006
Johnson James R, Owens Krista L, Clabots Connie R, Weissman Scott J, Cannon Steven B
Abstract excerpt
The evolutionary origins of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) remain uncertain despite these organisms' relevance to human disease. A valid understanding of ExPEC phylogeny is needed as a framework against which the observed distribution of virulence factors and clinical associations can be analyzed. Accordingly, phylogenetic relationships were defined by multi-locus sequence analysis among 44...
Topics
- Animals
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- DNA, Bacterial
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Genotype
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology
- Serotyping