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Large-scale population structure of human commensal Escherichia coli isolates

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Volume 70, No. 9, Year 2004

The study of several Escherichia coli intestinal commensal isolates per individual in 265 healthy human subjects belonging to seven populations distributed worldwide showed that the E. coli population is highly structured, with major differences between the tropical and temperate populations.
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Cross Sectional Study