Comparative genomics of the bacterial genus streptococcus illuminates evolutionary implications of species groups

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Gao, Xiao Yang ^a,e   Zhi, Xiao Yang ^b   Li, Hong Wei ^b,c   Klenk, Hans Peter ^d   Li, Wen Jun ^a,b  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BASE COMPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME SIZE; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84903625403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101229     Document Type: Article

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