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- Methods of multilocus enzyme electrophoresis for bacterial population genetics and systematics (1986) (1465)
- Restricted structural gene polymorphism in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex indicates evolutionarily recent global dissemination. (1997) (1115)
- An empirical demonstration of risk-sensitive foraging preferences (1980) (695)
- Phylogenetic distribution of branched RNA-linked multicopy single-stranded DNA among natural isolates of Escherichia coli (1990) (553)
- Parallel evolution of virulence in pathogenic Escherichia coli (2000) (536)
- Variation in virulence among clades of Escherichia coli O157:H7 associated with disease outbreaks (2008) (473)
- Global Phylogeny of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Based on Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Analysis: Insights into Tuberculosis Evolution, Phylogenetic Accuracy of Other DNA Fingerprinting Systems, and Recommendations for a Minimal Standard SNP Set (2006) (446)
- Clonal relationships among Escherichia coli strains that cause hemorrhagic colitis and infantile diarrhea (1993) (401)
- Carbonic anhydrase is an ancient enzyme widespread in prokaryotes. (1999) (339)
- Complete genomic sequence of Pasteurella multocida,Pm70 (2001) (307)
- Pathogenesis and evolution of virulence in enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. (2001) (300)
- Genotypic and phenotypic changes in the emergence of Escherichia coli O157:H7. (1998) (295)
- Type III protein secretion mechanism in mammalian and plant pathogens. (2004) (271)
- Phylogenetic Analysis of Enteroaggregative and Diffusely Adherent Escherichia coli (1999) (270)
- Molecular genetic relationships of the salmonellae (1996) (252)
- Enzyme polymorphism and genetic population structure in Escherichia coli and Shigella. (1983) (247)
- Cryptic Lineages of the Genus Escherichia (2009) (246)
- Genetic structure of populations of Legionella pneumophila (1985) (244)
- Genetic diversity and population structure of Escherichia coli isolated from freshwater beaches. (2007) (236)
- Multilocus genetic structure in natural populations of Escherichia coli. (1983) (235)
- Evolution of Genomic Content in the Stepwise Emergence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 (2005) (231)
- RAPD (arbitrary primer) PCR is more sensitive than multilocus enzyme electrophoresis for distinguishing related bacterial strains. (1993) (224)
- Population genetics of pathogenic bacteria. (1987) (184)
- Multilocus Sequence Types Associated with Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Sepsis and Meningitis in Canada (2009) (174)
- Is Mycobacterium tuberculosis 15,000 years old? (1994) (174)
- Evolutionary Genetics of a New Pathogenic Escherichia Species: Escherichiaalbertii and Related Shigellaboydii Strains (2005) (174)
- Molecular population genetic analysis of Staphylococcus aureus recovered from cows (1995) (174)
- Epidemiological relatedness and clonal types of natural populations of Escherichia coli strains producing Shiga toxins in separate populations of cattle and sheep (1997) (167)
- Occurrence of Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli in retail fresh seafood, beef, lamb, pork, and poultry from grocery stores in Seattle, Washington (1994) (163)
- Genetic evidence of clonal descent of Escherichia coli O157:H7 associated with hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome. (1988) (158)
- Nucleotide polymorphism and evolution in the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene (gapA) in natural populations of Salmonella and Escherichia coli. (1991) (155)
- Molecular genetic basis of allelic polymorphism in malate dehydrogenase (mdh) in natural populations of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica. (1994) (151)
- Analysis of the Genome of the Escherichia coli O157:H7 2006 Spinach-Associated Outbreak Isolate Indicates Candidate Genes That May Enhance Virulence (2009) (150)
- Evolution at the Molecular Level (1991) (148)
- Mathematical Modeling of Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation for Air Disinfection (2000) (142)
- Reference collection of strains of the Salmonella typhimurium complex from natural populations. (1991) (136)
- Genetic structure of populations of Porphyromonas gingivalis associated with periodontitis and other oral infections (1993) (129)
- Evolutionary and Functional Relationships of Colonization Factor Antigen I and Other Class 5 Adhesive Fimbriae of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (2004) (129)
- Molecular Evolution of Typical Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: Clonal Analysis by Multilocus Sequence Typing and Virulence Gene Allelic Profiling (2006) (123)
- A precise reconstruction of the emergence and constrained radiations of Escherichia coli O157 portrayed by backbone concatenomic analysis (2009) (123)
- Molecular evolution and mosaic structure of alpha, beta, and gamma intimins of pathogenic Escherichia coli. (1999) (122)
- Probing genomic diversity and evolution of Escherichia coli O157 by single nucleotide polymorphisms. (2006) (121)
- Sequence Diversity of Flagellin (fliC) Alleles in Pathogenic Escherichia coli (1999) (118)
- Clonal structure and virulence factors in strains of Escherichia coli of the classic serogroup O55 (1996) (118)
- Greater Diversity of Shiga Toxin-Encoding Bacteriophage Insertion Sites among Escherichia coli O157:H7 Isolates from Cattle than in Those from Humans (2006) (115)
- Genetic and phenotypic analysis of Escherichia coli with enteropathogenic characteristics isolated from Seattle children. (1997) (113)
- Modeling Bacterial Evolution with Comparative-Genome-Based Marker Systems: Application to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Evolution and Pathogenesis (2003) (112)
- Molecular Detection and Identification of Intimin Alleles in Pathogenic Escherichia coli by Multiplex PCR (1999) (111)
- Escherichia coli serogroup O111 includes several clones of diarrheagenic strains with different virulence properties (1994) (108)
- Escherichia coli cellulitis in broiler chickens: clonal relationships among strains and analysis of virulence-associated factors of isolates from diseased birds (1996) (103)
- Molecular Evolution of the Intimin Gene in O111 Clones of Pathogenic Escherichia coli (2002) (102)
- Insertion site of the locus of enterocyte effacement in enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli differs in relation to the clonal phylogeny of the strains. (1997) (102)
- Geographic components of linkage disequilibrium in natural populations of Escherichia coli. (1983) (102)
- Evolutionary origin and radiation of the avian-adapted non-motile salmonellae. (1993) (101)
- The effects of habitat fragmentation on the genetic structure of small mammal populations. (1997) (100)
- Bacteriuria in children with neurogenic bladder treated with intermittent catheterization: natural history. (1995) (99)
- Heterozygosity at individual amino acid sites: extremely high levels for HLA-A and -B genes. (1991) (99)
- Genotypic diversity and serotype distribution of group B streptococcus isolated from women before and after delivery. (2008) (97)
- Species limits in Rhizobium populations that nodulate the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) (1995) (96)
- Escherichia albertii in Wild and Domestic Birds (2010) (94)
- Clonal Diversity of Escherichia coli Colonizing Stools and Urinary Tracts of Young Girls (2002) (92)
- Genetic Diversity among Clonal Lineages within Escherichia coli O157:H7 Stepwise Evolutionary Model (2007) (92)
- Molecular Characterization of a Serotype O121:H19 Clone, a Distinct Shiga Toxin-Producing Clone of Pathogenic Escherichia coli (2002) (90)
- Filtration of airborne microorganisms: Modeling and prediction (1999) (90)
- Recombinational basis of serovar diversity in Salmonella enterica. (1994) (89)
- Genetic relationships among the oral streptococci (1987) (88)
- Variation in Acid Resistance among Shiga Toxin-Producing Clones of Pathogenic Escherichia coli (2005) (87)
- Genetic diversity and relationships among strains of Escherichia coli in the intestine and those causing urinary tract infections. (1983) (87)
- Global transcriptional response of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to growth transitions in glucose minimal medium (2007) (84)
- Sequencing errors and molecular evolutionary analysis. (1992) (82)
- Increased Adherence and Expression of Virulence Genes in a Lineage of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Commonly Associated with Human Infections (2010) (82)
- Bactericidal Effects of High Airborne Ozone Concentrations on Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus (1998) (82)
- Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains negative for locus of enterocyte effacement. (2009) (77)
- Role of Large Sequence Polymorphisms (LSPs) in Generating Genomic Diversity among Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the Utility of LSPs in Phylogenetic Analysis (2006) (77)
- Clonal relationships among classic enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) belong to different O groups. (1990) (77)
- Pathogenesis of Renal Disease Due to Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in Germ-Free Mice (2008) (77)
- Clonal relationships among bloodstream isolates of Escherichia coli (1995) (76)
- Multilocus sequence typing of serotype III group B streptococcus and correlation with pathogenic potential. (2004) (75)
- Acquisition of the rfb-gnd Cluster in Evolution of Escherichia coli O55 and O157 (2000) (74)
- Molecular Variation among Type IV Pilin (bfpA) Genes from Diverse Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains (2000) (74)
- Inferences from whole-genome sequences of bacterial pathogens. (2002) (73)
- Genetic relationships among pathogenic strains of avian Escherichia coli (1988) (71)
- A Multiresistant Clone of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O118:[H16] Is Spread in Cattle and Humans over Different European Countries (2002) (71)
- Sequence Diversity and Molecular Evolution of the Leukotoxin (lktA) Gene in Bovine and Ovine Strains ofMannheimia (Pasteurella)haemolytica (2001) (71)
- Variation in acid resistance among enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli in a simulated gastric environment (2007) (70)
- DNA fingerprinting of pathogenic bacteria by fluorophore-enhanced repetitive sequence-based polymerase chain reaction. (1995) (70)
- Genetic population structure, clonal phylogeny, and pathogenicity of Salmonella paratyphi B (1990) (70)
- Surveillance for Shiga Toxin–producing Escherichia coli, Michigan, 2001–2005 (2007) (70)
- Genomic O Island 122, Locus for Enterocyte Effacement, and the Evolution of Virulent Verocytotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli (2008) (70)
- Molecular comparison of extraintestinal Escherichia coli isolates of the same electrophoretic lineages from humans and domestic animals. (2001) (69)
- On-chip non-equilibrium dissociation curves and dissociation rate constants as methods to assess specificity of oligonucleotide probes (2006) (68)
- Characterisation of atypical enteropathogenic E. coli strains of clinical origin (2009) (68)
- Allelic variation in human mitochondrial genes based on patterns of restriction site polymorphism. (1986) (67)
- Virulence properties and clonal structures of strains of Escherichia coli O119 serotypes (1997) (67)
- Influence of Antibiotic Selection on Genetic Composition of Escherichia coli Populations from Conventional and Organic Dairy Farms (2007) (64)
- Evolutionary genetics of the isocitrate dehydrogenase gene (icd) in Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica (1997) (63)
- Selection, Recombination, and Virulence Gene Diversity among Group B Streptococcal Genotypes (2009) (62)
- Allelic subtyping of the intimin locus (eae) of pathogenic Escherichia coli by fluorescent RFLP. (2006) (62)
- Differential Expression of Virulence and Stress Fitness Genes between Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strains with Clinical or Bovine-Biased Genotypes (2009) (62)
- Energy Allocation by an Annual Plant when the Effects of Seasonality on Growth and Reproduction are Decoupled (1982) (61)
- Phylogenetic analysis of Clostridium botulinum type A by multi-locus sequence typing. (2008) (61)
- Differences in adherence and virulence gene expression between two outbreak strains of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 : H7. (2010) (60)
- Genetic and Evolutionary Analysis of Mutations in the gusA Gene That Cause the Absence of β-Glucuronidase Activity in Escherichia coli O157:H7 (2001) (59)
- Genetic relationships among Escherichia coli isolates causing urinary tract infections in humans and animals (1989) (59)
- Genetic relationships among pathogenic Escherichia coli of serogroup O157 (1988) (59)
- Characterization of the Escherichia coli O157:H7 Sakai GadE Regulon (2008) (56)
- Shiga Toxin–producing Escherichia coli Strains Negative for Locus of Enterocyte Effacement (2009) (56)
- Mosaic Structure and Molecular Evolution of the Leukotoxin Operon (lktCABD) in Mannheimia (Pasteurella) haemolytica, Mannheimia glucosida, and Pasteurella trehalosi (2002) (56)
- Species Interactions and Community Structure in Alaskan Seabird Colonies (1981) (54)
- Gene Conservation and Loss in themutS-rpoS Genomic Region of PathogenicEscherichia coli (2000) (54)
- Clonal dynamics ofEscherichia coli in its natural habitat (2006) (54)
- Multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis of Salmonella Enteritidis isolates from human and non-human sources using a single multiplex PCR (2007) (54)
- Ancestral Lineages of Human Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (2010) (51)
- EcMLST: an online database for multi locus sequence typing of pathogenic Escherichia coli (2004) (50)
- Genetic Differentiation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Clades Associated with Human Disease by Real-Time PCR (2008) (50)
- Genetic relationships and clonal population structure of serotype 2 strains of Neisseria meningitidis (1987) (48)
- Gene Expression Induced in Escherichia coli O157:H7 upon Exposure to Model Apple Juice (2009) (45)
- Inactivation of alternative sigma factor 54 (RpoN) leads to increased acid resistance, and alters locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) expression in Escherichia coli O157 : H7. (2010) (44)
- Clonal relationships and variation in virulence among Escherichia coli strains of avian origin. (1993) (42)
- Genomic divergence of Escherichia coli strains: evidence for horizontal transfer and variation in mutation rates. (2005) (42)
- Genetic Structure of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar trifolii and viciae Populations Found in Two Oregon Soils under Different Plant Communities (1994) (42)
- Demonstration of a hermetic airborne ozone disinfection system: studies on E. coli. (2003) (41)
- Clonal diversity and virulence factors in strains of Escherichia coli of the classic enteropathogenic serogroup O114. (1990) (39)
- Characterization of nonmotile variants of Escherichia coli O157 and other serotypes by using an antiflagellin monoclonal antibody (1996) (39)
- Genetic Diversity among Escherichia coliIsolates Carrying f18 Genes from Pigs with Porcine Postweaning Diarrhea and Edema Disease (1999) (38)
- Genetic relationships among strains of avian Escherichia coli associated with swollen-head syndrome (1990) (37)
- Differentiation of Escherichia coli Pathotypes by Oligonucleotide Spotted Array (2006) (35)
- Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O157 Strains from Brazil (2003) (34)
- Sex in the soil (1992) (33)
- Genetic Structure ofPopulations ofLegionella pneumophila (1985) (32)
- DNA Polymorphism and Molecular Subtyping of the Capsular Gene Cluster of Group B Streptococcus (2005) (31)
- Correlation of periurethral bacterial flora with bacteriuria and urinary tract infection in children with neurogenic bladder receiving intermittent catheterization. (1999) (30)
- Genetic Diversity of Campylobacter sp. Isolates from Retail Chicken Products and Humans with Gastroenteritis in Central Michigan (2005) (30)
- Multiple factors interact to produce responses resembling spectrum of human disease in Campylobacter jejuni infected C57BL/6 IL-10-/- mice (2009) (28)
- Obscured phylogeny and possible recombinational dormancy in Escherichia coli (2011) (28)
- Clonal diversity among strains of Escherichia coli incriminated in turkey colisepticemia. (1993) (27)
- Clonal structure and variation in virulence of Salmonella enteritidis isolated from mice, chickens, and humans. (2006) (27)
- Genetic changes in fluctuating vole populations: selective vs. nonselective forces. (1980) (27)
- Allele distribution and genetic diversity of VNTR loci in Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis isolates from different sources (2008) (26)
- Genetic Diversity and Multihost Pathogenicity of Clinical and Environmental Strains of Burkholderia cenocepacia (2009) (25)
- Recent gene conversions between duplicated glutamate decarboxylase genes (gadA and gadB) in pathogenic Escherichia coli. (2007) (25)
- Convergent Evolutionary Analysis Identifies Significant Mutations in Drug Resistance Targets of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (2008) (25)
- Applicability of Phylogenetic Methods for Characterizing the Public Health Significance of Verocytotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains (2007) (25)
- Prevalence, characterization and clonal analysis of Escherichia coli O157: non-H7 serotypes that carry eae alleles. (2010) (24)
- Sequence Polymorphism of dotA and mip Alleles Mediating Invasion and Intracellular Replication of Legionella pneumophila (2002) (24)
- Draft Genome Sequences of the Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Collection (2012) (23)
- Genomic diversity of pathogenic Escherichia coli of the EHEC 2 clonal complex (2009) (22)
- Variation in frequency of the virulence-factor gene in Escherichia coli clones colonizing the stools and urinary tracts of healthy prepubertal girls. (2003) (22)
- Outer membrane protein patterns mark clones of Escherichia coli O2 and O78 strains that cause avian septicemia (1992) (21)
- Produce Isolates of the Escherichia coli Ont:H52 Serotype That Carry both Shiga Toxin 1 and Stable Toxin Genes (2006) (21)
- Analysis of genetic structure in soil populations of Rhizobium leguminosarum recovered from the USA and the UK (1995) (21)
- Genetic diversity and antimicrobial resistance in group B streptococcus colonizing young, nonpregnant women. (2008) (20)
- Genetic and evolutionary analysis of mutations in the gusA gene that cause the absence of beta-glucuronidase activity in Escherichia coli O157:H7. (2001) (19)
- Mutators and long-term molecular evolution of pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7. (1998) (18)
- Molecular Subtyping, Source Tracking, and Food Safety (2007) (18)
- Comparison of expression of virulence factors by Escherichia coli causing cystitis and E. coli colonizing the periurethra of healthy girls. (1995) (16)
- Specificity in the symbiotic association of Lotus corniculatus and Rhizobium loti from natural populations (1997) (15)
- Species Incidence Functions and Alaskan Seabird Colonies (1981) (15)
- Molecular Characterization Reveals Similar Virulence Gene Content in Unrelated Clonal Groups of Escherichia coli of Serogroup O174 (OX3) (2007) (15)
- Hemorrhagic Colitis and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (1988) (15)
- 5 Pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7: A model for emerging infectious diseases (1998) (13)
- Neutral mutation hypothesis test (1991) (12)
- Effect of periurethral colonization on the risk of urinary tract infection in healthy girls after their first urinary tract infection (1993) (12)
- Expression of virulence factors among Escherichia coli isolated from the periurethra and urine of children with neurogenic bladder on intermittent catheterization. (2000) (12)
- Escherichia coli colonizing the neurogenic bladder are similar to widespread clones causing disease in patients with normal bladder function (2008) (11)
- Comparison of Probe Hybridization Array Typing to Multilocus Sequence Typing for Pathogenic Escherichia coli (2009) (9)
- Methyl chloride ( CH , Cl ) production in phytoplankton cultures (9)
- Global Phylogeny of Based on Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Analysis: Insights into Tuberculosis Evolution, Phylogenetic Accuracy of Other DNA Fingerprinting Systems, and Recommendations for a Minimal Standard SNP Set. (2006) (9)
- Greater Diversity of Shiga Toxin-Encoding Bacteriophage Insertion Sites among Escherichia coli O157:H7 Isolates from Cattle than in Those from Humans (2008) (7)
- Antibiotic resistance and O antigen expression in Escherichia coli. (1998) (6)
- Molecular Evolution and Mosaic Structure of (cid:97) , (cid:98) , and (cid:103) Intimins of Pathogenic Escherichia coli (4)
- Genetic Relationships andClonal Population Structure ofSerotype 2 Strains ofNeisseria meningitidis (1987) (3)
- Global Phylogeny of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Based on Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Analysis: Insights into Tuberculosis Evolution, Phylogenetic Accuracy of Other DNA Fingerprinting Systems, and Recommendations for a Minimal Standard SNP Set (2006) (3)
- Immigration-extinction competition on islands: Associations among three species* (1984) (3)
- Sequence Polymorphism of and Alleles Mediating Invasion and Intracellular Replication of (2002) (2)
- IS A NEGATIVE REGRESSION OF ΔP ON P EVIDENCE OF A STABLE POLYMORPHISM? (1981) (2)
- Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O 157 Strains from Brazil (2019) (2)
- systematics.bacterial population genetics and Methods of multilocus enzyme electrophoresis (2013) (2)
- W1781 The Pathogenesis of Renal Disease Due to Enterohemorrhagic E. coli in Germ Free Mice (2008) (2)
- VARIATION IN GENE FREQUENCIES IN RODENT POPULATIONS: THE ROLES OF SELECTIVE AND NONSELECTIVE EVOLUTIONARY FORCES (1981) (2)
- Genetic differentiation of Escherichia coli O 157 : H 7 clades associated 6 with human disease by real-time PCR 7 8 9 (2008) (1)
- Book Review:Introduction to Population Biology & Evolution. Otto T. Solbrig, Dorothy J. Solbrig (1980) (0)
- using an antiflagellin monoclonal antibody. Escherichia coli O157 and other serotypes by Characterization of nonmotile variants of (2013) (0)
- Global transcriptional response of O157:H7 to growth transitions in glucose minimal medium-1 (2011) (0)
- Convergent Evolutionary Analysis Identifies Significant Mutations in Drug Resistance Targets of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (cid:1) † (2008) (0)
- infantile diarrhea . strains that cause hemorrhagic colitis and Clonal relationships among Escherichia coli (2003) (0)
- Erratum: Molecular comparison of extraintestinal Escherichia coli isolates of the same electrophoretic lineages from humans and domestic animals. (Journal of Infectious Diseases (January 1, 2001) 183 (154-159)) (2001) (0)
- Literature abstracts (2004) (0)
- Clonal diversity of Escherichia coli causing bacteriuria in patients with neurogenic bladder (1995) (0)
- Communities Oregon Soils under Different Plant biovar trifolii and viciae Populations Found in Genetic Structure of Rhizobium leguminosarum (2013) (0)
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