Which species concept for pathogenic bacteria? An E-Debate

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 375-387

  Godreuil, Sylvain ^a   Cohan, Frederick ^b   Shah, Haroun ^c   Tibayrenc, Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CAMPYLOBACTER; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; ECOTYPE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LISTERIA; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CONCEPT FORMATION; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LISTERIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SHIGELLA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 23944467456     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2004.03.004     Document Type: Note

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