Genome characterisation of the genus Francisella reveals insight into similar evolutionary paths in pathogens of mammals and fish

BMC Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Sjödin, Andreas ^a   Svensson, Kerstin ^a   Öhrman, Caroline ^a   Ahlinder, Jon ^a   Lindgren, Petter ^a   Duodu, Samuel ^b   Johansson, Anders ^c   Colquhoun, Duncan J ^b   Larsson, Pär ^a   Forsman, Mats ^a  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Evolution; Fish; Francisella; Genetics; Next generation sequencing; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA HISPANIENSIS; FRANCISELLA NOATUNENSIS; FRANCISELLA NOVICIDA; FRANCISELLA PHILOMIRAGIA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; WOLBACHIA PERSICA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FISHES; FRANCISELLA; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA PHILOMIRAGIA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MAMMALIA; WOLBACHIA PERSICA;

EID: 84862549616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-268     Document Type: Article

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