Colibactin possessing E. coli isolates in association with colorectal cancer and their genetic diversity among Pakistani population

• Habiba Tariq,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan

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• Zobia Noreen,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan

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• Aftab Ahmad,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan, Department of Microbiology, Kohsar University Murree, Punjab, Pakistan

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• Laraib Khan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan

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• Mashhood Ali,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Malik,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan

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• Aneela Javed,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB), National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan

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• Faisal Rasheed,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

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• Alina Fatima,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan

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• Tanil Kocagoz,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey

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• Ugur Sezerman,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Biostatics and Medical Informatics, Acibadem University, Istanbul Turkey

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• Habib Bokhari

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

  * E-mail: habib@comsats.edu.pk, vc@kum.edu.pk

  Affiliations Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan, Department of Microbiology, Kohsar University Murree, Punjab, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2171-6062

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