Large-Scale Population Structure of Human Commensal <i>Escherichia coli</i> Isolates

Patricia Escobar‐Páramo, Karine Grenet, Arnaud Le Menach, Luc Rode, Emmanuelle Salgado, Christine Amorin, S. Gouriou, Bertrand Picard, Mohamed Chérif Rahimy, Antoine Andremont,

Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2004 · 240 citations · 19 references

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The study of several Escherichia coli intestinal commensal isolates per individual in 265 healthy human subjects belonging to seven populations distributed worldwide showed that the E. coli population is highly structured, with major differences between the tropical and temperate populations.

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