The evolutionary epidemiology of commensal bacteria: the case of Escherichia coli from 1980 to 2025

Project Information

EvoComBac

Grant agreement ID: 949208

DOI

10.3030/949208

EC signature date 15 December 2020

Start date 1 June 2021

End date 30 November 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 499 893,00

EU contribution

€ 1 499 893,00

Coordinated by

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS
France

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (7)

Residence-colonization trade-off and niche differentiation enable coexistence of Escherichia coli phylogroups in healthy humans

Author(s): Thibaut Morel-Journel, Sonja Lehtinen, Olivier Cotto, Rafika Amia, Sara Dion, Clarisse Figueroa, Jonathan N V Martinson, Pascal Ralaimazava, Olivier Clermont, Xavier Duval, Forough L Nowrouzian, Seth T Walk, Erick Denamur, François Blanquart
Published in: The ISME Journal, Issue 19, 2025, ISSN 1751-7362
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wraf089

Strain phylogroup and environmental constraints shape <i>Escherichia coli</i> dynamics and diversity over a 20-year human gut time series

Author(s): Bénédicte Condamine, Thibaut Morel-Journel, Florian Tesson, Guilhem Royer, Mélanie Magnan, Aude Bernheim, Erick Denamur, François Blanquart, Olivier Clermont
Published in: The ISME Journal, Issue 19, 2025, ISSN 1751-7362
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wrae245

Within-Host Dynamics and Duration of Colonization of Travel-Acquired Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacterales in Untreated Individuals

Author(s): Olivier Cotto, Laurence Armand-Lefèvre, Sophie Matheron, Etienne Ruppé, François Blanquart the VOYAG-R study group
Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2023, ISSN 1537-6591
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciad369

A stochastic analysis of the interplay between antibiotic dose, mode of action, and bacterial competition in the evolution of antibiotic resistance

Author(s): Peter Czuppon, Troy Day, Florence Débarre, François Blanquart
Published in: PLOS Computational Biology, Issue 19, 2023, Page(s) e1011364, ISSN 1553-7358
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011364

Drivers and impact of the early silent invasion of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha

Author(s): Benjamin Faucher, Chiara E. Sabbatini, Peter Czuppon, Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Philippe Lemey, Vittoria Colizza, François Blanquart, Pierre-Yves Boëlle, Chiara Poletto
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46345-1

The evolution of antibiotic resistance in Europe, 1998–2019

Author(s): Martin Emons, François Blanquart, Sonja Lehtinen
Published in: PLOS Pathogens, Issue 21, 2025, Page(s) e1012945, ISSN 1553-7374
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012945

The bacterial genetic determinants of Escherichia coli capacity to cause bloodstream infections in humans

Author(s): Judit Burgaya, Julie Marin, Guilhem Royer, Bénédicte Condamine, Benoit Gachet, Olivier Clermont, Françoise Jaureguy, Charles Burdet, Agnès Lefort, Victoire de Lastours, Erick Denamur, Marco Galardini, François Blanquart, the Colibafi/Septicoli and Coliville groups
Published in: PLOS Genetics, 2023, ISSN 1553-7404
Publisher: PLOS
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010842