This analysis revealed a clear trend for more closely related isolates to MS499 to share more of the ExPEC-associated DNA with this isolate than less closely related ones, consistent with the hypothesis that MS499 has acquired the ExPEC-associated DNA over the course of its recent evolution and since divergence from E24377A.
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Genomic characterisation of an endometrial pathogenic Escherichia coli strain reveals the acquisition of genetic elements associated with extra-intestinal pathogenicity.
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