mSphere (Feb 2021)

Escherichia coli Genomic Diversity within Extraintestinal Acute Infections Argues for Adaptive Evolution at Play

  • Antoine Bridier-Nahmias,
  • Adrien Launay,
  • Alexandre Bleibtreu,
  • Mélanie Magnan,
  • Violaine Walewski,
  • Jérémie Chatel,
  • Sara Dion,
  • Véronique Robbe-Saule,
  • Olivier Clermont,
  • Françoise Norel,
  • Erick Denamur,
  • Olivier Tenaillon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.01176-20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1

Abstract

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Little is known about the dynamics of adaptation in acute bacterial infections. By sequencing multiple isolates from monoclonal extraintestinal Escherichia coli