Intraspecies variation in bacterial genomes: The need for a species genome concept

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 396-401

  Lan, Ruiting ^a   Reeves, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; O ANTIGEN;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA DETERMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE LOSS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EVOLUTION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0034283229     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(00)01791-1     Document Type: Review

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