Genomics, biofilm formation and infection of bladder epithelial cells in potentially uropathogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> (UPEC) from animal sources and human urinary tract infections (UTIs) further support food-borne transmission.

"the nucleotide sequences of the isolates were deposited in the european nucleotide archive (ena) and are part of bioproject ids prjna558228 prjeb49681 prjeb55215 and prjeb55220."

"Declaration of Competing Interest All authors declare no conflicts of interest."

"Funding This study was supported by the projects and funds PID2019-104439RB-C21/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 from the 10.13039/501100011033Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI, Spain), co-funded by the 10.13039/501100008530European Regional Development Fund of the 10.13039/501100000780European Union: a Way to Make Europe (ERDF); ED431C 2021/11 and ED431B 2020/13 from the Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria (10.13039/501100010801Xunta de Galicia) and ERDF. GRUPIN IDI/2022/000033 by the Regional Ministry of Science of Asturias (IDI/2022/000033). Co-funded by Independent Research Found Denmark (grant number 4184–00050) to the project Combining non-essential metabolic targets into suitable targets for control of uropathogenic Escherichia coli."