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Fig. 4

From: Whole-genome sequencing-based phylogeny, antibiotic resistance, and invasive phenotype of Escherichia coli strains colonizing the cervix of women in preterm labor

Fig. 4

Epithelial invasion comparisons of cervical colonization and invasive neonatal E. coli isolates. Legend: The invasion capacity of E. coli cervical isolates and neonatal bacteremia isolates was compared using an intestinal epithelial cell invasion model in-vitro [23]. Cervical colonization isolates most closely related to neonatal bacteremia isolates at the phylogenetic level (SCBcol-1, SCBcol-5, and SCBcol-6) showed the greatest invasion capacity as a group, as compared to the group of least phylogenetically related colonization isolates (P<0.03, one way ANOVA)

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