Systematic identification and quantification of phase variation in commensal and pathogenic Escherichia coli

Bacteria have been shown to generate constant genetic variation in a process termed phase variation. We present a tool based on whole genome sequencing that allows detection and quantification of coexisting genotypes mediated by genomic inversions in bacterial cultures. We tested our method on widel...

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Main Authors: Goldberg, Amir, Fridman, Ofer, Ronin, Irine, Balaban, Nathalie Q
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4272514/