Exploring clonality of <i>Mannheimia haemolytica</i> in beef cattle
are highly dependent on the analytical method employed, despite uniform virulence gene content. These findings highlight the importance of method selection in genomic epidemiology and caution against overinterpreting clonal structure as a proxy for pathogenic potential.
Authors
- Paul S. Morley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8138-2714)
- Lee J. Pinnell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6238-3313)
- Amelia R. Woolums (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7179-0615)
- Robert Valeris-Chacín (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0803-8874)
- Matthew A. Scott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5243-7181)
- Cassidy L. Klima
- Enrique Doster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3820-8988)
- William B. Crosby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0140-3664)
- Nicholas D. Hacker
Institutions
- Texas A&M University (US)
- Mississippi State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Microbiology Spectrum
- Published
- 2026-04-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00278-26
- Primary Topic
- Microbial infections and disease research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00