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Here, by following the colonization of two phylogenetic distinct strains of\n                  <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n                  in the mouse gut, we find a strain-specific mode of evolution and a remarkable level of gene transfer between strains. In the same host, despite accumulating mutations at the same rate, one strain evolves by diversifying selection and the other by directional selection, and a rich dynamics of bacteriophage and plasmid transfer is found. 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