title: Large-scale population structure of human commensal Escherichia coli isolates.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: INSERM E0339, Faculté de Médecine Xavier Bichat, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Escobar-Páramo
authors.forename: Karine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grenet
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Le Menac'h
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rode
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salgado
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Amorin
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gouriou
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Picard
authors.forename: Mohamed Chérif
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rahimy
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andremont
authors.forename: Erick
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Denamur
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ruimy
mesh_terms: D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D012016:Reference Values