Recombination drives genome evolution in outbreak-related Legionella pneumophila isolates

Nature Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1205-1211

  Sánchez Busó, Leonor ^a,b   Comas, Iñaki ^a,b   Jorques, Guillermo ^c   González Candelas, Fernando ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c Epidemiology Division Public Health Centre   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN;

EID: 84908868800     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.3114     Document Type: Article

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