A comprehensive and high-quality collection of Escherichia coli genomes and their genes

Horesh, Gal, Blackwell, Grace, Tonkin-Hill, Gerry, Corander, Jukka, Heinz, Eva ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4413-3756 and Thomson, Nicholas (2021) 'A comprehensive and high-quality collection of Escherichia coli genomes and their genes'. Microbial Genomics, Vol 7, Issue 2.

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Abstract

Escherichia coli is a highly diverse organism which includes a range of commensal and pathogenic variants found across a range of niches and worldwide. In addition to causing severe intestinal and extraintestinal disease, E. coli is considered a priority pathogen due to high levels of observed drug resistance. The diversity in the E. coli population is driven by high genome plasticity and a very large gene pool. All these have made E. coli one of the most well-studied organisms, as well as a commonly used laboratory strain. Today, there are thousands of sequenced E. coli genomes stored in public databases. While data is widely available, accessing the information in order to perform analyses can still be a challenge. Collecting relevant available data requires accessing different sources, where data may be stored in a range of formats, and often requires further manipulation, and processing to apply various analyses and extract useful information. In this study, we collated and intensely curated a collection of over 10,000 E. coli and Shigella genomes to provide a single, uniform, high-quality dataset. Shigella were included as they are considered specialised pathovars of E. coli. We provide these data in a number of easily accessible formats which can be used as the foundation for future studies addressing the biological differences between E. coli lineages and the distribution and flow of genes in the E. coli population at a high resolution. The analysis we present emphasises our lack of understanding of the true diversity of the E. coli species, and the biased nature of our current understanding of the genetic diversity of such a key pathogen.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	QU Biochemistry > Genetics > QU 460 Genomics. Proteomics QU Biochemistry > Genetics > QU 470 Genetic structures WC Communicable Diseases > Infection. Bacterial Infections > Enteric Infections > WC 290 Escherichia coli infections
Faculty: Department:	Biological Sciences > Vector Biology Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000499
Depositing User:	Mel Finley
Date Deposited:	12 Jan 2021 11:52
Last Modified:	08 Mar 2021 10:07
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/16325

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