Diversity of 16s-23s rDNA internal transcribed spacer (its) reveals phylogenetic relationships in burkholderia pseudomallei and its near-neighbors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Liguori, Andrew P ^a   Warrington, Stephanie D ^a   Ginther, Jennifer L ^a   Pearson, Talima ^a   Bowers, Jolene ^b   Glass, Mindy B ^c   Mayo, Mark ^d   Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn ^e   Engelthaler, David ^b   Peacock, Sharon J ^e   Currie, Bart J ^d   Wagner, David M ^a   Keim, Paul ^a   Tuanyok, Apichai ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; DNA 23S; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOINFORMATICS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; THAILAND; BIOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

BASE SEQUENCE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 83355170739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029323     Document Type: Article

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