Journal article
Intergenic Sequence Comparison of Escherichia coli Isolates Reveals Lifestyle Adaptations but Not Host Specificity
Abstract
Establishing the risk of human infection is one of the goals of public health. For bacterial pathogens, the virulence and zoonotic potential can often be related to their host source. Escherichia coli bacteria are common contaminants of water associated with human recreation and consumption, and many strains are pathogenic. In this study, we analyzed three promoter-containing intergenic regions from 284 diverse E. coli isolates in an attempt to …
Authors
White AP; Sibley KA; Sibley CD; Wasmuth JD; Schaefer R; Surette MG; Edge TA; Neumann NF
Journal
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 77, No. 21, pp. 7620–7632
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Publication Date
11 2011
DOI
10.1128/aem.05909-11
ISSN
0099-2240