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Infection and Immunity, October 2000, p. 6056-6061, Vol. 68, No. 10
0019-9567/00/$04.00+0
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Comparison of O-Antigen Gene Clusters of Escherichia coli (Shigella) Sonnei and Plesiomonas shigelloides O17: Sonnei Gained Its Current Plasmid-Borne O-Antigen Genes from P. shigelloides in a Recent Event

James G. Shepherd, Lei Wang, and Peter R. Reeves*

Department of Microbiology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia

Received 2 March 2000/Returned for modification 18 May 2000/Accepted 18 July 2000

Escherichia coli Sonnei has an O antigen identical to that of Plesiomonas shigelloides O17, and its O-antigen gene cluster is located on a plasmid. By sequencing the chromosomal O-antigen gene cluster of P. shigelloides O17 and comparing it with that of Sonnei, we showed that Sonnei gained its O-antigen genes recently.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. Phone: (612) 351 2536. Fax: (612) 351 4571. E-mail: reeves{at}angis.org.au.

Infection and Immunity, October 2000, p. 6056-6061, Vol. 68, No. 10
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Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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