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Genetic diversity among clonal lineages within Escherichia coli O157:H7 stepwise evolutionary model.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2007
Feng Peter C H, Monday Steven R, Lacher David W, Allison Lesley, Siitonen Anja, Keys Christine, Eklund Marjut, Nagano Hideki, Karch Helge, Keen James, Whittam Thomas S
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli O157:H7 variants were examined for trait mutations and by molecular subtyping to better define clonal complexes postulated on the O157:H7 evolution model. Strains of beta-glucuronidase-positive, sorbitol-negative O157:H7 isolated in United States and Japan were identical to A5 clonal strain and shared sequence type (ST)-65 by multilocus sequence typing (MLST); thus, they belong in A5. However,...
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