“Everything is everywhere, but, the environment selects” — a hypothesis formulated by Lourens Baas Becking in 1934 — is used to frame research that analyses the sharing of Escherichia coli strains across humans, livestock and wildlife animals.
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van Schaik, W. Baas Becking meets One Health. Nat Microbiol 7, 482–483 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-022-01100-4
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