The genome sequence of Brucella pinnipedialis B2/94 sheds light on the evolutionary history of the genus Brucella

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Audic, Stéphane ^a,b,c   Lescot, Magali ^a   Claverie, Jean Michel ^a   Cloeckaert, Axel ^d   Zygmunt, Michel S ^d  

^a CNRS Aix Marseille University   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UR1282   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial Genome Evolution; Brucella; Comparative Genomics

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BACTERIUM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENOME; GENOMICS; MARINE MAMMAL; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PHYLOGENETICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; BRUCELLA SP.; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; PAPIO;

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BRUCELLA; CETACEA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEAL;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; CETACEA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PINNIPEDIA; SEAWATER;

EID: 79960063903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-200     Document Type: Article

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