Cytotoxic Escherichia coli strains encoding colibactin and cytotoxic necrotizing factor (CNF) colonize laboratory macaques

Cytotoxic Escherichia coli strains encoding colibactin and cytotoxic necrotizing factor (CNF) colonize laboratory macaques

Background: Many Escherichia coli strains are considered to be a component of the normal flora found in the human and animal intestinal tracts. While most E. coli strains are commensal, some strains encode virulence factors that enable the bacteria to cause intestinal and extra-intestinal clinically...

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Main Authors: Feng, Yan (Contributor), Mannion, Anthony (Contributor), Madden, Carolyn (Contributor), Swennes, Alton G. (Contributor), Townes, Catherine (Contributor), Byrd, Charles (Contributor), Marini, Robert P (Contributor), Fox, James G (Contributor)
Other Authors: Harvard University- (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Division of Comparative Medicine (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: BioMed Central, 2018-01-30T15:33:46Z.
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