Population genetics of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilisreveals widely dispersed clones and extensive recombination

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  McMillan, David J ^a   Bessen, Debra E ^b   Pinho, Marcos ^c   Ford, Candace ^b   Hall, Gerod S ^b   Melo Cristino, José ^c   Ramirez, Mário ^c  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DISPERSION; POPULATION GENETICS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE EQUISIMILIS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; STREPTOCOCCUS;

STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE;

HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 77955385273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011741     Document Type: Article

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