Systematic longitudinal survey of invasive Escherichia coli in England demonstrates a stable population structure only transiently disturbed by the emergence of ST131

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Figure 5.
Figure 5.

ST73 maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree based on SNPs called against the reference CFT073. The in silico predicted serotype is shown to the right of the tree. For serotype NA:H1 the O type could not be assigned. This is not counted as a new serotype. The clades are labeled on the right. The tree is mid-point rooted.

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  1. Genome Res. 27: 1437-1449

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