A comprehensive and high-quality collection of Escherichia coli genomes and their genes.

ABSTRACT: Escherichia coli is a highly diverse organism that includes a range of commensal and pathogenic variants found across a range of niches and worldwide. In addition to causing severe intestinal and extraintestinal disease, E. coli is considered a priority pathogen due to high levels of observed drug resistance. The diversity in the E. coli population is driven by high genome plasticity and a very large gene pool. All these have made E. coli one of the most well-studied organisms, as well as a commonly used laboratory strain. Today, there are thousands of sequenced E. coli genomes stored in public databases. While data is widely available, accessing the information in order to perform analyses can still be a challenge. Collecting relevant available data requ

SUBMITTER: Horesh G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8208696 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature