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Complete Genome Sequence of the Crohn's Disease-Associated Adherent-Invasive Escherichia coli Strain HM605

JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY (2011)

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JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Volume 193, Issue 17, Pages 4540-4540

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AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY

DOI: 10.1128/JB.05374-11

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Microbiology

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BBSRC
MRC
Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (APC)
Science Foundation Ireland [07/CE/B1368]
Liverpool NIHR Biomedical Research Centre in Microbial Disease and Crohn's Colitis UK
MRC [G0900857] Funding Source: UKRI
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) [07/CE/B1368] Funding Source: Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
Medical Research Council [G0900857] Funding Source: researchfish

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Adherent-invasive Escherichia coli strains are increasingly being associated with intestinal pathologies. Here we present the genome sequence of E. coli HM605, a strain isolated from colonic biopsy specimens of a patient with Crohn's disease.

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