Genetic diversity and phylogeny of Mycobacterium avium

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue , 2014, Pages 375-383

  Rindi, Laura ^a   Garzelli, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genomic polymorphism; M. avium subsp. avium; M. avium subsp. hominissuis; M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis; M. avium subsp. silvaticum; Mycobacterial phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HOST RANGE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM HOMINISSUIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SILVATICUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84891284715     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.12.007     Document Type: Review

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