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SUBMITTER: Valiatti TB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6813390 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Microbiology resource announcements 20191024 43
Uropathogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> (UPEC) strains are responsible for most cases of urinary tract infections worldwide. We present the draft whole-genome sequence of the UPEC 252 strain, which carries the <i>eae</i> gene that encodes the intimin adhesin. Intimin promotes intimate adherence of enteropathogenic <i>E. coli</i> and enterohemorrhagic <i>E. coli</i> to intestinal cells. ...[more]