Clonal relationship among invasive and non-invasive strains of enteroinvasive Escherichia coli serogroups

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Marina B Martinez

Faculdade de Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Departamento de Analises Clinicas e Toxicologicas, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 580, Sao Paulo-SP, 05508-900 Brazil

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Thomas S Whittan,

Thomas S Whittan

Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA

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Elizabeth A McGraw,

Elizabeth A McGraw

Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA

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Josias Rodrigues,

Josias Rodrigues

Instituto de Biociencias-UNESP, Botucatu-SP, Brazil

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Luiz R Trabulsi,

Luiz R Trabulsi

Instituto Butantan, Sao Paulo-SP, Brazil

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Marina B Martinez,

Corresponding Author

Marina B Martinez

Faculdade de Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Departamento de Analises Clinicas e Toxicologicas, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 580, Sao Paulo-SP, 05508-900 Brazil

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Thomas S Whittan,

Thomas S Whittan

Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA

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Elizabeth A McGraw,

Elizabeth A McGraw

Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA

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Josias Rodrigues,

Josias Rodrigues

Instituto de Biociencias-UNESP, Botucatu-SP, Brazil

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Luiz R Trabulsi,

Luiz R Trabulsi

Instituto Butantan, Sao Paulo-SP, Brazil

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First published: 17 January 2006

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1999.tb13462.x

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Abstract

The genetic relatedness among 96 invasive Escherichia coli belonging to several serogroups and 13 non-invasive of several serotypes that share the same O antigen was investigated by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis analysis. The invasive strains were isolated in different parts of the world and most of them recovered from dysentery. Twenty-nine electrophoretic types were distinguished and the most invasive strains were found to belong to two major lineages. These results suggested that the invasive ability in these strains has evolved in divergent chromosomal backgrounds, presumably through the horizontal spread of plasmid-borne invasion genes. The maintenance of invasive phenotypes in separate lineages suggests that this ability confers a selective advantage to invasive strains.

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