Article
The evolution of the Escherichia coli phylogeny.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2012
Chaudhuri Roy R, Henderson Ian R
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli is familiar to biologists as a classical model system, ubiquitous in molecular biology laboratories around the world. Outside of the laboratory, E. coli strains exist as an almost universal component of the lower-gut flora of humans and animals. Although usually a commensal, E. coli has an alter ego as a pathogen, and is associated with diarrhoeal disease and extra-intestinal infections. The...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
