2011
Obscured phylogeny and possible recombinational dormancy in Escherichia coli
Leopold S, Sawyer S, Whittam T, Tarr P. Obscured phylogeny and possible recombinational dormancy in Escherichia coli. BMC Ecology And Evolution 2011, 11: 183. PMID: 21708031, PMCID: PMC3152902, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-183.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplex recombination historyDefinition of speciesE. coliSegments of chromosomesPhylogenetic structureSingle nucleotide polymorphismsNew speciesGenetic materialE. coli groupEscherichia coliNucleotide polymorphismsRepresentative strainsPhylogenySpeciesColiChromosomesRecombination historyDormancyOrganismsColi groupBiologyDNARecombinationPolymorphismStrains
2010
Further evidence of constrained radiation in the evolution of pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7
Leopold S, Shaikh N, Tarr P. Further evidence of constrained radiation in the evolution of pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7. Infection Genetics And Evolution 2010, 10: 1282-1285. PMID: 20691811, PMCID: PMC3742067, DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2010.07.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBacterial Typing TechniquesBase SequenceBiological EvolutionDNA, BacterialEscherichia coliEscherichia coli O157Escherichia coli ProteinsEvolution, MolecularGene ExpressionGenetic VariationGenome, BacterialGenomicsGenotypeHumansMutationO AntigensPolymerase Chain ReactionPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRecombination, GeneticSequence Analysis, DNAShiga ToxinsVirulence