Homologous recombination in Agrobacterium: Potential implications for the genomic species concept in bacteria

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 167-176

  Costechareyre, Denis ^a   Bertolla, Franck ^a   Nesme, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Bacterial species; Homologous recombination; Sexual isolation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENE FLOW; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROKARYOTE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 57749188258     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn236     Document Type: Article

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