A lack of genetic basis for biovar differentiation in clinically important Corynebacterium diphtheriae from whole genome sequencing

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue , 2014, Pages 54-57

  Sangal, Vartul ^a   Burkovski, Andreas ^b   Hunt, Alison C ^c   Edwards, Becky ^d   Blom, Jochen ^e   Hoskisson, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biovar; Corynebacterium diphtheriae; Gene contents; Genomic comparison; Pseudogenes; SNPs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOTYPE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMOLYSIS; LIPOPHILICITY; NITRATE REDUCER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNX;

CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE;

CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; PHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84887987073     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.10.019     Document Type: Article

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