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Residence-colonization trade-off and niche differentiation enable coexistence of Escherichia coli phylogroups in healthy humans
1 Jan 2025
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Despite abundant literature on pathogenicity and virulence of the opportunistic pathogen Escherichia coli, much less is known about its ecological and evolutionary dynamics as a commensal. Based on two detailed longitudinal datasets on the gut microbiota of healthy adults followed for months to years in France and the USA, we identified a robust trade-off between the ability to establish in a new host...
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