Mechanisms of genome evolution of Streptococcus

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 334-342

  Andam, Cheryl P ^a   Hanage, William P ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Genome evolution; Pneumococcus; Recombination; Selection; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TRANSPOSON;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRUCTURES; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; TRANSPOSON; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIODIVERSITY; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SELECTION, GENETIC; STREPTOCOCCUS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84937896583     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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