Phylogenetic Reconstruction of the Legionella pneumophila Philadelphia-1 Laboratory Strains through Comparative Genomics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Rao, Chitong ^a   Benhabib, Hadas ^a   Ensminger, Alexander W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA PHILADELPHIA 1; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

GENOME, BACTERIAL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 84878036859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064129     Document Type: Article

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