Fuzzy species among recombinogenic bacteria

BMC Biology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Hanage, William P ^a   Fraser, Christophe ^a   Spratt, Brian G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUZZY LOGIC; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FUZZY LOGIC; NEISSERIA; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 22144486947     PISSN: 17417007     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-3-6     Document Type: Article

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