GenomicsbioRxiv
Evolutionary history of the global emergence of the Escherichia coli epidemic clone ST131
Nicole Stoesser, Anna Sheppard, Louise Pankhurst…·Modernising Medical Microbiology Informatics Group
This study traces the evolutionary history of the ST131 E. coli lineage, showing its clonal expansion linked to antibiotic use and plasmid acquisition, with implications for antimicrobial resistance control.
DOI 10.1128/mbio.02162-15