Genome organization, virulence genes, and temperature-dependent motility of an emerging pathogen, <i>Escherichia marmotae</i>.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Escherichia marmotae is one of the Escherichia cryptic clades that were first isolated from animal feces and environmental waters and has recently emerged as an organism of concern due to its presence in human infections. Although E. marmotae cannot be distinguished from E. coli by standard clinical tests, its 10% pairwise genomic difference from E. coli led us to investigate other phenotypic differences that may be present.

Methods

Bioinformatic software was used to identify the E. marmotae pan-genome, antimicrobial and virulence genes, and sequences of genes for motility, biofilm formation, and other phenotypic characteristics. Environmental and clinical isolates of E. marmotae were analyzed for antimicrobial se

SUBMITTER: Oladipo PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12754014 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature