Genomic deletion marking an emerging subclone of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica in France and the Iberian Peninsula

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7465-7470

  Dempsey, M P ^a,b   Dobson, M ^a   Zhang, C ^c   Zhang, M ^c   Lion, C ^d   Gutierrez Martin C B ^e   Iwen, P C ^b   Fey, P D ^b   Olson, M E ^b   Niemeyer, D ^f   Francesconi, S ^a   Crawford, R ^a   Stanley, M ^g   Rhodes, J ^g   Wagner, D M ^g   Vogler, A J ^g   Birdsell, D ^g   Keim, P ^g   Johansson, A ^h,i   Hinrichs, S H ^b   Benson, A K ^c   more..

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^f and Technology   (United States)

^g NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; GENE EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLONAL EXPANSION; GENOMIC DELETION; IBERIAN PENINSULA; TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLONE; FRANCE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS HOLARCTICA; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; SUBSPECIES; TANDEM REPEAT;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FRANCE; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS SUBSP. HOLARCTICA;

EID: 36649033866     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00646-07     Document Type: Article

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