Sex and virulence in Escherichia coli: An evolutionary perspective

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1136-1151

  Wirth, Thierry ^a,b   Falush, Daniel ^a   Lan, Ruiting ^c   Colles, Frances ^d   Mensa, Patience ^d   Wieler, Lothar H ^e   Karch, Helge ^f   Reeves, Peter R ^g   Maiden, Martin C J ^d   Ochman, Howard ^h   Achtman, Mark ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DYSENTERY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA;

ALLELES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 33745282930     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05172.x     Document Type: Article

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