This month's Genome Watch compares and contrasts two studies that used a common genomic approach to understand different pathogenic forms of Escherichia coli.
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Baker, K. Demystifying Escherichia coli pathovars. Nat Rev Microbiol 13, 5 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro3411
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