Article
Genomic diversity of Escherichia isolates from diverse habitats.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Oh Seungdae, Buddenborg Sarah, Yoder-Himes Deborah R, Tiedje James M, Konstantinidis Konstantinos T
Abstract excerpt
Our understanding of the Escherichia genus is heavily biased toward pathogenic or commensal isolates from human or animal hosts. Recent studies have recovered Escherichia isolates that persist, and even grow, outside these hosts. Although the environmental isolates are typically phylogenetically distinct, they are highly related to and phenotypically indistinguishable from their human counterparts, including for...
Topics
- Animals
- DNA, Bacterial
- Dogs
- Ecosystem
- Environmental Pollution
- Escherichia
- Feces
- Fresh Water
- Gastrointestinal Tract
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genetic Variation
- Humans