Multiple origins of endosymbiosis within the Enterobacteriaceae (γ-Proteobacteria): Convergence of complex phylogenetic approaches

BMC Biology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Husník, Filip ^a   Chrudimský, Tomáš ^a   Hypša, Václav ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENOPHONUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BAUMANNIA; BUCHNERA (PROTEOBACTERIA); CANDIDATUS BLOCHMANNIA; DICKEYA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ERWINIA; PANTOEA; PECTOBACTERIUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEUS (ENTEROBACTERIA); SODALIS; WIGGLESWORTHIA; YERSINIA;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BAYES THEOREM; BUCHNERA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; WIGGLESWORTHIA;

BAYES THEOREM; BUCHNERA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; WIGGLESWORTHIA;

EID: 84455193291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-9-87     Document Type: Article

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