A Phyletically Rare Gene Promotes the Niche-specific Fitness of an E. coli Pathogen during Bacteremia

• Travis J. Wiles,

  Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Pathology Department, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

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• J. Paul Norton ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: J. Paul Norton, Sara N. Smith

  Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Pathology Department, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

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• Sara N. Smith ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: J. Paul Norton, Sara N. Smith

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Adam J. Lewis,

  Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Pathology Department, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

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• Harry L. T. Mobley,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Sherwood R. Casjens,

  Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Pathology Department, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

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• Matthew A. Mulvey

  * E-mail: mulvey@path.utah.edu

  Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Pathology Department, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

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