title: Whole-Genome Draft Sequences of 26 Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strains.
abstract: First identified in 1982, Escherichia coli O157:H7 is the dominant enterohemorrhagic serotype underlying food-borne human infections in North America. Here, we report the genomes of twenty-six strains derived from patients and the bovine reservoir. These resources enable detailed whole-genome comparisons and permit investigations of genotypic and phenotypic plasticity.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Biology, and South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Mark
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authors.lastname: Eppinger
authors.forename: Sean
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authors.lastname: Daugherty
authors.forename: Sonia
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authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Kevin
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authors.lastname: Galens
authors.forename: Naomi
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authors.lastname: Sengamalay
authors.forename: Lisa
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authors.lastname: Sadzewicz
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authors.lastname: Tallon
authors.forename: Thomas A
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authors.lastname: Cebula
authors.forename: Mark K
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authors.lastname: Mammel
authors.forename: Peter
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authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Robert
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authors.lastname: Soderlund
authors.forename: Phillip I
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authors.lastname: Tarr
authors.forename: Chitrita
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authors.lastname: Debroy
authors.forename: Edward G
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authors.lastname: Dudley
authors.forename: Claire M
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authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: Jacques
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authors.lastname: Ravel