Large-scale population structure of human commensal Escherichia coli isolates.
The study of several Escherichia coli intestinal commensal isolates per individual in 265 healthy human subjects belonging to seven populations distributed worldwide showed that the E. coli population is highly structured, with major differences between the tropical and temperate populations.
Escobar-Páramo
Patricia
P
INSERM E0339, Faculté de Médecine Xavier Bichat, Paris, France.
Grenet
Karine
K
Le Menac'h
Arnaud
A
Rode
Luc
L
Salgado
Emmanuelle
E
Amorin
Christine
C
Gouriou
Stéphanie
S
Picard
Bertrand
B
Rahimy
Mohamed Chérif
MC
Andremont
Antoine
A
Denamur
Erick
E
Ruimy
Raymond
R
D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D012016:Reference Values