Comparison of koala LPCoLN and human strains of Chlamydia pneumoniae highlights extended genetic diversity in the species

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mitchell, Candice M ^a   Hovis, Kelley M ^b   Bavoil, Patrik M ^b   Myers, Garry S A ^c   Carrasco, Jose A ^b   Timms, Peter ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; KOALA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; PHASCOLARCTIDAE;

AMINO ACID; NUCLEOTIDE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; NUCLEOTIDES; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954670661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-442     Document Type: Article

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