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Phylogenetic group B2 Escherichia coli strains from the bowel microbiota of Pakistani infants carry few virulence genes and lack the capacity for long-term persistence.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 May 2009
Nowrouzian F L, Ostblom A E, Wold A E, Adlerberth I
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli strains of phylogenetic group B2 obtained from Western human hosts are enriched in virulence-associated genes and have a superior capacity to persist in the colonic microbiota. Here, E . coli strains from 22 infants born in Pakistan whose rectal flora was sampled regularly over t...
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