Chromosomal features of Escherichia coli serotype O2:K2, an avian pathogenic E. coli.

ABSTRACT: Escherichia coli causing infection outside the gastrointestinal system are referred to as extra-intestinal pathogenic E. coli. Avian pathogenic E. coli is a subgroup of extra-intestinal pathogenic E. coli and infections due to avian pathogenic E. coli have major impact on poultry production economy and welfare worldwide. An almost defining characteristic of avian pathogenic E. coli is the carriage of plasmids, which may encode virulence factors and antibiotic resistance determinates. For the same reason, plasmids of avian pathogenic E. coli have been intensively studied. However, genes encoded by the chromosome may also be important for disease manifestation and antimicrobial resistance. For the E. coli strain APEC_O2 the plasmids hav

SUBMITTER: Jorgensen SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5424372 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature