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Comparative analysis of virulence genes, genetic diversity, and phylogeny of commensal and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolates from weaned pigs.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jan 2007
Wu Xi-Yang, Chapman Toni, Trott Darren J, Bettelheim Karl, Do Thuy N, Driesen Steve, Walker Mark J, Chin James
Abstract excerpt
If the acquisition of virulence genes (VGs) for pathogenicity were not solely acquired through horizontal gene transfers of pathogenicity islands, transposons, and phages, then clonal clusters of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) would contain few or even none of the VGs found in strains responsible for extraintestinal infections. To evaluate this possibility, 47 postweaning diarrhea (PWD) ETEC strains from...
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