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ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2015

Comparison of whole genome sequences from human and non-human Escherichia coli O26 strains.

Keri N Norman, Michael L Clawson, Nancy A Strockbine, Robert E Mandrell, Roger Johnson, Kim Ziebell, Shaohua Zhao, Pina M Fratamico, Robert Stones, Marc W Allard and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Keri N NormanU.S. Meat Animal Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Clay Center, NE, USA.
Michael L ClawsonU.S. Meat Animal Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Clay Center, NE, USA.
Nancy A StrockbineDivision of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA, USA.
Robert E MandrellWestern Regional Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Albany, CA, USA.
Roger JohnsonLaboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada Guelph, ON, Canada.
Kim ZiebellLaboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada Guelph, ON, Canada.
Shaohua ZhaoDivision of Animal and Food Microbiology, Center for Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration Laurel, MD, USA.
Pina M FratamicoEastern Regional Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Wyndmoor, PA, USA.
Robert StonesFood and Environment Research Agency Sand Hutton, York, UK.
Marc W AllardDivision of Microbiology, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Regulatory Science, Food and Drug Administration College Park, MD, USA.
James L BonoU.S. Meat Animal Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Clay Center, NE, USA.
Agricultural Research Service · USPublic Health Agency of Canada · CAFera Science (United Kingdom) · GBNational Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases · USRoman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center · USUnited States Department of Agriculture · USWestern Regional Research Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O26 is the second leading E. coli serogroup responsible for human illness outbreaks behind E. coli O157:H7. Recent outbreaks have been linked to emerging pathogenic O26:H11 strains harboring stx 2 only. Cattle have been recognized as an important reservoir of O26 strains harboring stx 1; however the reservoir of these emerging stx 2 strains is unknown. The objective of this study was to identify nucleotide polymorphisms in human and cattle-derived strains in order to compare differences in polymorphism derived genotypes and virulence gene profiles between the two host species. Whole genome sequencing was performed on 182 epidemiologically unrelated O26 strains, including 109 human-derived strains and 73 non-human-derived strains. A panel of 289 O26 strains (241 STEC and 48 non-STEC) was subsequently genotyped using a set of 283 polymorphisms identified by whole genome sequencing, resulting in 64 unique genotypes. Phylogenetic analyses identified seven clusters within the O26 strains. The seven clusters did not distinguish between isolates originating from humans or cattle; however, clusters did correspond with particular virulence gene profiles. Human and non-human-derived strains harboring stx 1 clustered separately from strains harboring stx 2, strains harboring eae, and non-STEC strains. Strains harboring stx 2 were more closely related to non-STEC strains and strains harboring eae than to strains harboring stx 1. The finding of human and cattle-derived strains with the same polymorphism derived genotypes and similar virulence gene profiles, provides evidence that similar strains are found in cattle and humans and transmission between the two species may occur.

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Genome, BacterialAnimalsBase SequenceCattleCattle DiseasesEscherichia coliEscherichia coli InfectionsEscherichia coli ProteinsHumansMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenyPolymorphism, Single NucleotideShiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coliVirulence FactorsEscherichia coli ProteinsVirulence FactorsEscherichia coliO26phylogeneticpolymorphismsShiga toxins

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