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

Highlights•P. aeruginosa is opportunistic pathogen with an environmental origin.•P.
aeruginosa presents low susceptibility to currently used antibiotics.•P. aeruginosa displays a …

Quantitative evidence for the risk of zoonoses and the spread of antimicrobial resistance
remains lacking. Here, as part of the UrbanZoo project, we sampled Escherichia coli from …

Microbiology is at a turning point in its 120-year history. Widespread next-generation
sequencing has revealed genetic complexity among bacteria that could hardly have been …

ABSTRACT Avian Pathogenic E. coli (APEC) is the causative agent of avian colibacillosis,
resulting in economic losses to the poultry industry through morbidity, mortality and carcass …

Escherichia coli is an important cause of bloodstream infections (BSI), which is of concern
given its high mortality and increasing worldwide prevalence. Finding bacterial genetic …

Background Colibacillosis, caused by avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC), is one of
the most significant infectious diseases affecting poultry worldwide. Objectives This study …

Phylogenetic distance, shared ecology, and genomic constraints are often cited as key
drivers governing horizontal gene transfer (HGT), although their relative contributions are …

Members of the Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex frequently colonize the gut and
colonization is associated with subsequent infection. To identify genes associated with …

Colibacillosis in poultry is a unique disease manifestation of Escherichia coli in the animal
world, as one of the primary routes of entry is via the respiratory tract of birds. Because of …