The Defective Prophage Pool of Escherichia coli O157: Prophage–Prophage Interactions Potentiate Horizontal Transfer of Virulence Determinants

• Md Asadulghani,

  Affiliations Division of Bioenvironmental Sciences, Frontier Science Research Center, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Yoshitoshi Ogura,

  Affiliations Division of Bioenvironmental Sciences, Frontier Science Research Center, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan, Division of Microbiology, Department of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Tadasuke Ooka,

  Affiliation Division of Microbiology, Department of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Takehiko Itoh,

  Affiliations Advanced Sciences Innovation Group, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc., Tokyo, Japan, Bio-Frontier Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Akira Sawaguchi,

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Ultrastructural Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Atsushi Iguchi,

  Affiliation Division of Bioenvironmental Sciences, Frontier Science Research Center, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Keisuke Nakayama,

  Affiliation Division of Microbiology, Department of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Tetsuya Hayashi

  * E-mail: thayash@med.miyazaki-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Division of Bioenvironmental Sciences, Frontier Science Research Center, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan, Division of Microbiology, Department of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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