Parallel evolution of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus mitis to pathogenic and mutualistic lifestyles

mBio

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Kilian, Mogens ^a   Riley, David R ^b   Jensen, Anders ^a   Brüggemann, Holger ^a   Tettelin, Hervé ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ALLELE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMMENSAL; COMMENSALISM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC STABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; SYMBIOSIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84908308977     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01490-14     Document Type: Article

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