Genomic diversity and evolution of Mycobacterium ulcerans revealed by next-generation sequencing

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Qi, Weihong ^a,c   Käser, Michael ^a   Röltgen, Katharina ^a   Yeboah Manu, Dorothy ^b   Pluschke, Gerd ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS CENTER ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GHANA; HAPLOTYPE; JAPAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BURULI ULCER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

BURULI ULCER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GHANA; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 70349668297     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000580     Document Type: Article

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