Escherichia coli were isolated from a barley trial, supplemented with bulky fertilisers: compost and bovine slurry. E. coli were isolated from bulk soil, barley roots, barley grain or clover roots. Th
To investigate the factors involved in the transition from intestinal commensal E. coli to invasive isolates causing blood-stream infections, we analyzed E. coli blood culture isolates and E. coli iso