Analysis of ultra low genome conservation in Clostridium difficile

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Scaria, Joy ^a   Ponnala, Lalit ^a   Janvilisri, Tavan ^a,b   Yan, Weiwei ^a   Mueller, Lukas A ^c   Chang, Yung Fu ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; GENOMIC DNA; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADAPTATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME SIZE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HORSE; HUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HORSES; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 78650114015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015147     Document Type: Article

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