Escherichia coli is a commensal of the vertebrate gut that is increasingly involved in various
intestinal and extra-intestinal infections as an opportunistic pathogen. Numerous pathotypes …

Escherichia coli is the most researched microbial organism in the world. Its varied impact on
human health, consisting of commensalism, gastrointestinal disease, or extraintestinal …

The Bacillus cereus group comprises numerous closely related species, including
bioterrorism agent B. anthracis, foodborne pathogen B. cereus, and biopesticide B …

Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of bacterial isolates has become standard practice in
many laboratories. Applications for WGS analysis include phylogeography and molecular …

Bacteria harness an impressive repertoire of resistance mechanisms to evade the inhibitory
action of antibiotics. One such mechanism involves efflux pump-mediated extrusion of drugs …

Shigella spp. are the leading bacterial cause of severe childhood diarrhoea in low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs), are increasingly antimicrobial resistant and have no …

Shigella spp. are some of the key pathogens responsible for the global burden of diarrhoeal
disease. These facultative intracellular bacteria belong to the family Enterobacteriaceae …

Among the intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli, enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) are a group
of intracellular pathogens able to enter epithelial cells of colon, multiplicate within them, and …

Escherichia coli and Shigella species are closely related and genetically constitute the same
species. Differentiating between these two pathogens and accurately identifying the four …

Shigella flexneri is the most common cause of bacterial dysentery in low-income countries.
Despite this, S. flexneri remains largely unexplored from a genomic standpoint and is still …