Multicellular behavior of environmental Escherichia coli isolates grown under nutrient-poor and low-temperature conditions.

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The multicellular behavior designated "red dry and rough" (rdar) morphotype-characterized by production of extracellular matrix mainly comprising curli fimbriae and cellulose-is a potential survival strategy of Escherichia coli outside the host. This study documents the ability of Escherichia cryptic clades, which have recently been recognized as new lineages genetically divergent from E. coli, to grow in...

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