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Frequency of mutations to rifampin resistance in 88 natural E. coli isolates classified according to their virulence phenotype in a mouse model of extraintestinal virulence (26) as atypical or typical. See Material and Methods for the definition of these two categories. The eight strong mutator strains are above the threshold of 2 × 10−7 for the frequency of mutations to rifampin.
