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Quantitative analysis of commensal Escherichia coli populations reveals host-specific enterotypes at the intra-species level.
MicrobiologyOpen - 1 Aug 2015
Smati Mounira, Clermont Olivier, Bleibtreu Alexandre, Fourreau Frédéric, David Anthony, Daubié Anne-Sophie, Hignard Cécile, Loison Odile, Picard Bertrand, Denamur Erick
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The primary habitat of the Escherichia coli species is the gut of warm-blooded vertebrates. The E. coli species is structured into four main phylogenetic groups A, B1, B2, and D. We estimated the relative proportions of these phylogroups in the feces of 137 wild and domesticated animals with various diets living in the Ile de France (Paris) region by real-time PCR. We distinguished three main clusters...
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