Phylogeny rather than ecology or lifestyle biases the construction of Escherichia coli-Shigella genetic exchange communities

Open Biology

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2012, Pages

  Skippington, Elizabeth ^a   Ragan, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic exchange communities; Horizontal genetic transfer; Lateral genetic transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC EXCHANGE COMMUNITIES; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HORIZONTAL GENETIC TRANSFER; LATERAL GENETIC TRANSFER; PHYLOGENY; SHIGELLA;

GENETIC EXCHANGE COMMUNITIES; HORIZONTAL GENETIC TRANSFER; LATERAL GENETIC TRANSFER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SHIGELLA;

EID: 84870049256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.120112     Document Type: Article

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