Escherichia marmotae—a Human Pathogen Easily Misidentified as Escherichia coli
Audun Sivertsen, Ruben Dyrhovden, Marit Gjerde Tellevik, Torbjørn S. Bruvold, Eirik Nybakken, Dag Harald Skutlaberg, Ingerid Skarstein, Øyvind Kommedal
Abstract
Escherichia coli is the most common pathogen found in blood cultures and urine and among the most important pathogenic species in the realm of human health. The notion that some of these isolates are not Es. coli but rather another species within the same genus may have implications for what Es. coli constitutes.
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Escherichia coliBiologyGenomeVirulenceGeneticsHuman pathogenPhylogenetic treeMicrobiologyGeneEscherichia coli research studiesAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaEnterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter Research