{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(4)"],"submitter":["Chowdhury G"],"funding":["Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development","Indian Council of Medical Research"],"pubmed_abstract":["<i>Escherichia albertii</i> is a Gram-negative facultative anaerobic bacterium that causes diarrhoea in humans. This study shows the isolation of <i>E. albertii</i> from hospitalized paediatric diarrhoeal cases and genome-based characteristics with putative virulence factors and antimicrobial resistance. <i>E. albertii</i> isolates were identified by species-specific PCR, targeting the gene encoding cytolethal distending toxin (<i>Ea-cdt</i>). The genome of <i>E. albertii</i> was sequenced to identify (i) genes encoding virulence factors (ii) antibiotic resistance-encoding genes, including the mobile genetic elements and (iii) core gene-based phylogenetic relationships and pan-genome features. A total of 10 (1.2%) <i>E. albertii</i> isolates were isolated from 854 faecal samples, of which "],"journal":["Microbial genomics"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11979293"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Whole-genome-based characterization of &lt;i&gt;Escherichia albertii&lt;/i&gt; strains isolated from paediatric diarrhoeal cases in Kolkata, India."],"pmcid":["PMC11979293"],"funding_grant_id":["JP23wm0125004 and JP23wm0225021"],"pubmed_authors":["Okuno M","Kitahara K","Ogura Y","Mukhopadhyay AK","Chowdhury G","Dutta S","Miyoshi SI","Ramamurthy T","Hoshiko Y","Albert MJ"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Whole-genome-based characterization of &lt;i&gt;Escherichia albertii&lt;/i&gt; strains isolated from paediatric diarrhoeal cases in Kolkata, India.","description":"<i>Escherichia albertii</i> is a Gram-negative facultative anaerobic bacterium that causes diarrhoea in humans. This study shows the isolation of <i>E. albertii</i> from hospitalized paediatric diarrhoeal cases and genome-based characteristics with putative virulence factors and antimicrobial resistance. <i>E. albertii</i> isolates were identified by species-specific PCR, targeting the gene encoding cytolethal distending toxin (<i>Ea-cdt</i>). The genome of <i>E. albertii</i> was sequenced to identify (i) genes encoding virulence factors (ii) antibiotic resistance-encoding genes, including the mobile genetic elements and (iii) core gene-based phylogenetic relationships and pan-genome features. A total of 10 (1.2%) <i>E. albertii</i> isolates were isolated from 854 faecal samples, of which ","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Apr","modification":"2026-04-08T19:05:41.71Z","creation":"2025-07-07T03:10:13.156Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11979293","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40198110"],"doi":["10.1099/mgen.0.001363"]}}