Defining pathogenic bacterial species in the genomic era

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue JAN, 2011, Pages

  Georgiades, Kalliopi ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Allopatry; Evolution; Gene loss; Pathogens; Speciation; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952797542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2010.00151     Document Type: Review

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