Comparative Analysis of Genome Sequences Covering the Seven Cronobacter Species

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 7; no. 11; p. e49455
• Main Authors: Joseph, Susan, Desai, Prerak, Ji, Yongmei, Cummings, Craig A., Shih, Rita, Degoricija, Lovorka, Rico, Alain, Brzoska, Pius, Hamby, Stephen E., Masood, Naqash, Hariri, Sumyya, Sonbol, Hana, Chuzhanova, Nadia, McClelland, Michael, Furtado, Manohar R., Forsythe, Stephen J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 16.11.2012; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adhesins; Baby foods; Bacteremia; Bacteria; Bacterial infections; Bacterial Secretion Systems - genetics; Base Sequence; Bioinformatics; Biology; Brain research; Comparative analysis; Copper; Cronobacter; Cronobacter - genetics; Cronobacter - pathogenicity; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Divergence; DNA; DNA sequencing; E coli; Enterobacter; Enterocolitis; Escherichia coli; Evolution, Molecular; Factories; Fimbriae, Bacterial - genetics; Food contamination; Gene sequencing; Genes; Genetic research; Genome, Bacterial - genetics; Genomes; Genomics; Infections; Likelihood Functions; Medicine; Meningitis; Metals; Models, Genetic; Molecular Sequence Data; Multigene Family - genetics; Neonates; Nucleotide sequence; Phylogeny; Prophages; Science; Secretion; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Silver; Species; Species Specificity; Tellurite; Vaccines; Veterinary Science; Virulence; Virulence Factors - genetics; United States > US; California

Species of Cronobacter are widespread in the environment and are occasional food-borne pathogens associated with serious neonatal diseases, including bacteraemia, meningitis, and necrotising enterocolitis. The genus is composed of seven species: C. sakazakii, C. malonaticus, C. turicensis, C. dublin...