The Sanger Institute was funded to perform comparative sequencing of five Escherichia coli and Shigella strains in collaboration with Dr. Christoph Tang of the Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College, London, Prof. Mark Pallen and Dr. Ian Henderson of the Division of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, UK Dr. Claude Parsot and Dr. Phillipe Sansonetti of the Unite de Pathologie Microbienne, Institut Pasteur, France, Dr. Gadi Frankel, of the Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College, London, and Dr. Stuart Knutton of the Institute of Child Health, Birmingham.

Published Genome Data

Published Sequence

E. coli E2348/69 is published and consists of a chromosome, with EMBL/GenBank accession FM180568, and two plasmids, with EMBL/GenBank accessions FM180569 and FM180570.

Shotgun and assembly data from this project are available from our FTP site.

Finished Sequence

E. coli 042 is finished and consists of a chromosomal genome and a plasmid. Shotgun and assembly data from this project are available from our FTP site.

Funded Sequencing

E. coli non-K1 which has been funded for sequencing.

Other Projects

Additionally, as part of a joint project investigating the genomics and population biology of Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC), the Sanger Institute, funded by the BBSRC has sequenced the genome of an ETEC strain, H10407 This project was funded in collaboration with Dr. Ian Henderson and Prof. Mark Pallen of the Department of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham.

This genome is finished and consists of a chromosome and 4 plasmids.

Shotgun and assembly data from this project are available from our FTP site.

• Complete genome sequence and comparative genome analysis of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O127:H6 strain E2348/69.

  Iguchi A, Thomson NR, Ogura Y, Saunders D, Ooka T, Henderson IR, Harris D, Asadulghani M, Kurokawa K, Dean P, Kenny B, Quail MA, Thurston S, Dougan G, Hayashi T, Parkhill J and Frankel G

  Journal of bacteriology2009;191;1;347-54

  PUBMED: 18952797; PMC: 2612414; DOI: 10.1128/JB.01238-08