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Novel genes associated with enhanced motility of Escherichia coli ST131.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Kakkanat Asha, Phan Minh-Duy, Lo Alvin W, Beatson Scott A, Schembri Mark A
Abstract excerpt
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) is the cause of ~75% of all urinary tract infections (UTIs) and is increasingly associated with multidrug resistance. This includes UPEC strains from the recently emerged and globally disseminated sequence type 131 (ST131), which is now the dominant fluoroquinolone-resistant UPEC clone worldwide. Most ST131 strains are motile and produce H4-type flagella. Here, we applied a...
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