Genome evolution and the emergence of pathogenicity in avian Escherichia coli

Autor: Leonardos Mageiros, Guillaume Méric, Sion C. Bayliss, Johan Pensar, Ben Pascoe, Evangelos Mourkas, Jessica K. Calland, Koji Yahara, Susan Murray, Thomas S. Wilkinson, Lisa K. Williams, Matthew D. Hitchings, Jonathan Porter, Kirsty Kemmett, Edward J. Feil, Keith A. Jolley, Nicola J. Williams, Jukka Corander, Samuel K. Sheppard
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-20988-w
Popis: It is unclear how gut-dwelling E. coli bacteria often emerge to cause systemic infection in chickens. Here, Mageiros et al. use population genomics and pangenome-wide association studies to identify genetic elements associated with pathogenicity in avian E. coli.
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