Comparative genomics of Neisseria weaveri clarifies the taxonomy of this species and identifies genetic determinants that may be associated with virulence

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 328, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 100-105

  Yi, Hana ^a   Cho, Yong Joon ^b   Yoon, Seok Hwan ^c   Park, Sang Cheol ^c   Chun, Jongsik ^a,b,c,d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b ChunLab Inc   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d AICT   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Neisseria weaveri; Reclassification

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA WEAVERI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, RRNA; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA WEAVERI;

EID: 84857234269     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02485.x     Document Type: Article

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