title: Microbial genomics: E. coli relatives out of doors and out of body.
abstract: Genome comparisons have shown that several clades of Escherichia isolated primarily from non-host habitats are adapted to life outside of hosts, and that these very close relatives of E. coli have historically not shared environments with gut-associated E. coli.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, USA. fcohan@wesleyan.edu
authors.forename: Frederick M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Cohan
authors.forename: Sarah M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kopac
mesh_terms: D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D016680:Genome, Bacterial