Significant variation in transformation frequency in Streptococcus pneumoniae

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 791-799

  Evans, Benjamin A ^a,b   Rozen, Daniel E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Streptococcus pneumoniae; transformation; competence; fitness associated recombination

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DNA; GENOME; POLYMORPHISM; RECOMBINATION; TIMESCALE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA; HUMANS; INFANT; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84875369455     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.170     Document Type: Article

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