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. 2018 Jan 11;6(2):e01311-17.
doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01311-17.

High-Quality Whole-Genome Sequences for 21 Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Strains Generated with PacBio Sequencing

Peyton Smith  1   2 , Rebecca L Lindsey  3 , Lori A Rowe  1 , Dhwani Batra  1 , Devon Stripling  1 , Lisley Garcia-Toledo  1   2 , Daniel Drapeau  1   2 , Kristen Knipe  1 , Nancy Strockbine  1
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High-Quality Whole-Genome Sequences for 21 Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Strains Generated with PacBio Sequencing

Peyton Smith et al. Genome Announc. .

Abstract

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is an important diarrheagenic pathogen. We report here the high-quality whole-genome sequences of 21 ETEC strains isolated from patients in the United States, international diarrheal surveillance studies, and cruise ship outbreaks.

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