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Chromosomal regions specific to pathogenic isolates of Escherichia coli have a phylogenetically clustered distribution.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Mar 1998
Boyd E F, Hartl D L
Abstract excerpt
We studied the ancestry of virulence-associated genes in Escherichia coli by examining chromosomal regions specific to pathogenic isolates. The four virulence determinants examined were the alpha-hemolysin (hly) loci hlyI and hlyII, the type II capsule gene cluster kps, and the P (pap) and S (sfa) fimbria gene clusters. All four loci were shown previously to be associated with pathogenicity islands of...
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