Mash-based analyses of Escherichia coli genomes reveal 14 distinct phylogroups

Kaleb Abram; Zulema Udaondo; Carissa Bleker; Visanu Wanchai; Trudy M. Wassenaar; Michael S. Robeson; David W. Ussery

doi:10.1038/s42003-020-01626-5

Communications Biology (Jan 2021)

Mash-based analyses of Escherichia coli genomes reveal 14 distinct phylogroups

Kaleb Abram,
Zulema Udaondo,
Carissa Bleker,
Visanu Wanchai,
Trudy M. Wassenaar,
Michael S. Robeson,
David W. Ussery

Affiliations

Kaleb Abram: Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Zulema Udaondo: Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Carissa Bleker: The Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education, University of Tennessee
Visanu Wanchai: Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Trudy M. Wassenaar: Molecular Microbiology and Genomics Consultants
Michael S. Robeson: Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
David W. Ussery: Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01626-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Kaleb Abram and Zulema Udaondo et al. analyze over 100,000 publicly available E. coli and Shigella genome sequences and perform a Mash-based analysis to identify 14 unique phylogroups. Their results reveal that most of the sequenced E. coli genomes belong to four distinct phylogroups.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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