Temporal Variability of Escherichia coli Diversity in the Gastrointestinal Tracts of Tanzanian Children with and without Exposure to Antibiotics

This study increases the number of resident Escherichia coli genome sequences, and explores E. coli diversity through longitudinal sampling. We investigate the genomes of E. coli isolated from human gastrointestinal tracts as part of an antibiotic treatment program among rural Tanzanian children. Ph...

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Main Authors: Taylor K. S. Richter, Tracy H. Hazen, Diana Lam, Christian L. Coles, Jessica C. Seidman, Yaqi You, Ellen K. Silbergeld, Claire M. Fraser, David A. Rasko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-11-01
Series:mSphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00558-18