The distributed genome hypothesis as a rubric for understanding evolution in situ during chronic bacterial biofilm infectious processes

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-279

  Ehrlich, Garth D ^a,b   Ahmed, Azad ^a   Earl, Josh ^a   Hiller, N Luisa ^a   Costerton, J William ^a,b,c   Stoodley, Paul ^a,b   Post, J Christopher ^a,b   Demeo, Patrick ^c   Hu, Fen Ze ^a,b  

^a ALLEGHENY SINGER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

bacteria; chronic bacterial pathogenesis; distributed genome hypothesis; horizontal gene transfer; pangenome; supragenome

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; DNA TRANSFER; GENOME ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 77954653131     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2010.00704.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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