Phylogeography of Francisella tularensis ssp. holarctica in France

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-180

  Vogler, A J ^a   Birdsell, D N ^a   Lee, J ^a   Vaissaire, J ^b   Doujet, C L ^b   Lapalus, M ^b   Wagner, D M ^a   Keim, P ^a,c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^c TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

France; Francisella tularensis; holarctica; MLVA; SNP; VNTR

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; FRANCE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HOLARCTICA; MLVA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SNP; VNTR;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLADISTICS; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; FRANCE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

FRANCE;

FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS;

EID: 78650972034     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02977.x     Document Type: Article

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