Contribution of phage-derived genomic islands to the virulence of facultative bacterial pathogens

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 307-312

  Busby, Ben ^a   Kristensen, David M ^a   Koonin, Eugene V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; PATHOGENICITY; PROPHAGE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; PROPHAGES; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84873110674     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02886.x     Document Type: Article

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