Recent O-antigen diversification masks highly pathogenic STEC O104:H4

Author(s): Lang C, Fruth A, Campbell IW, Jenkins C, Smith P, Strockbine N, Weill FX, Nübel U, Grad YH, Waldor MK, Flieger AJournal: bioRxiv October 2022
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) can give rise to a range of clinical outcomes from diarrhea to the life-threatening systemic…

Sequence tag-based analysis of microbial population dynamics.

Author(s): Abel S, Abel zur Wiesch P, Chang HH, Davis BM, Lipsitch M, Waldor MKJournal: Nat MethodsPMID: 25599549 March 2015
We describe sequence tag-based analysis of microbial populations (STAMP) for characterization of pathogen population dynamics during infection. STAMP analyzes the…