High temporal variability in commensal Escherichia coli strain communities of a herbivorous marsupial

Blyton, Michaela; Banks, Samuel; Peakall, Rodney; Gordon, David

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High temporal variability in commensal Escherichia coli strain communities of a herbivorous marsupial

Date

2013

Authors

Blyton, Michaela

Banks, Samuel

Peakall, Rodney

Gordon, David

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

Although Escherichia coli is an important model organism for bacterial research, few studies have explored the nature of temporal variation in E.coli strains within the intestinal tracts of host individuals. In this study the E.coli strains of 54 mountain