Comparative genomics and phenotypic divergence of ERIC I and ERIC II genotypes of Paenibacillus larvae, the causative agent of American Foulbrood disease

Md. Mubarack Hossain; Kaitlyn Coleman; Matej Medvecky; Matthew Moore; Xavier Didelot; David Chandler; Christopher D. A. Rodrigues

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1014507

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Comparative genomics and phenotypic divergence of ERIC I and ERIC II genotypes of Paenibacillus larvae, the causative agent of American Foulbrood disease

Md. Mubarack Hossain,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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Kaitlyn Coleman,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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Matej Medvecky,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bioinformatics and Digital Health Services, Research Technology Platforms, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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Matthew Moore,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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Xavier Didelot,

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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David Chandler,

Roles Funding acquisition

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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Christopher D. A. Rodrigues

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: christopher.rodrigues@warwick.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4541-0145

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Comparative genomics and phenotypic divergence of ERIC I and ERIC II genotypes of Paenibacillus larvae, the causative agent of American Foulbrood disease

Md. Mubarack Hossain,
Kaitlyn Coleman,
Matej Medvecky,
Matthew Moore,
Xavier Didelot,
David Chandler,
Christopher D. A. Rodrigues

Published: August 13, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1014507

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