A comparison of homologous recombination rates in bacteria and archaea

ISME Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-208

  Vos, Michiel ^a   Didelot, Xavier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bacteria; ClonalFrame; Homologous recombination; MLST

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 58549084151     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2008.93     Document Type: Article

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