Comparative phylogenomics of Clostridium difficile reveals clade specificity and microevolution of hypervirulent strains

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 7297-7305

  Stabler, R A ^a   Gerding, D N ^b   Songer, J G ^c   Drudy, D ^d   Brazier, J S ^e   Trinh, H T ^c   Witney, A A ^f   Hinds, J ^f   Wren, B W ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^f ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B;

ADAPTATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BAYES THEOREM; CLADISTICS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEA; DNA MICROARRAY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EUROPE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOMICS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 33749628473     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00664-06     Document Type: Article

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