Comparative Genomic Analysis Identifies Divergent Genomic Features of Pathogenic Enterococcus cecorum Including a Type IC CRISPR-Cas System, a Capsule Locus, an epa-Like Locus, and Putative Host Tissue Binding Proteins

• Luke B. Borst ,

  * E-mail: luke_borst@ncsu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• M. Mitsu Suyemoto,

  Affiliation Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Elizabeth H. Scholl,

  Affiliation Bioinformatics Consulting and Service Core, Bioinformatics Research Center, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Fredrick J. Fuller,

  Affiliation Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• H. John Barnes

  Affiliation Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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