Genome evolution and the emergence of pathogenicity in avian Escherichia coli
oleh: 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
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2021-02-01 |
Deskripsi
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.