Changes in bacterial community composition of Escherichia coli O157:H7 super-shedder cattle occur in the lower intestine

Rahat Zaheer; Eric Dugat-Bony; Devon Holman; Elodie Cousteix; Yong Xu; Krysty Munns; Lorna J. Selinger; Rutn Barbieri; Trevor Alexander; Tim A. McAllister; L. Brent Selinger

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0170050

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Changes in bacterial community composition of Escherichia coli O157:H7 super-shedder cattle occur in the lower intestine

Rahat Zaheer ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Rahat Zaheer, Eric Dugat-Bony, Devon Holman

Affiliation Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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Eric Dugat-Bony ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Rahat Zaheer, Eric Dugat-Bony, Devon Holman

Affiliation UMR Génie et Microbiologie des Procédés Alimentaires, AgroParisTech, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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Devon Holman ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Rahat Zaheer, Eric Dugat-Bony, Devon Holman

Affiliation Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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Elodie Cousteix,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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Yong Xu,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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Krysty Munns,

Affiliation Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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Lorna J. Selinger,

Affiliation Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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Rutn Barbieri,

Affiliation Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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Trevor Alexander,

Affiliation Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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Tim A. McAllister ,

* E-mail: tim.mcallister@agr.gc.ca (TAM); selibl@uleth.ca (LBS)

Affiliation Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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L. Brent Selinger

* E-mail: tim.mcallister@agr.gc.ca (TAM); selibl@uleth.ca (LBS)

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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Changes in bacterial community composition of Escherichia coli O157:H7 super-shedder cattle occur in the lower intestine

Rahat Zaheer,
Eric Dugat-Bony,
Devon Holman,
Elodie Cousteix,
Yong Xu,
Krysty Munns,
Lorna J. Selinger,
Rutn Barbieri,
Trevor Alexander,
Tim A. McAllister

Published: January 31, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170050

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