Extensive capsule locus variation and large-scale genomic recombination within the Klebsiella pneumoniae clonal group 258

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1267-1279

  Wyres, Kelly L ^a,b   Gorrie, Claire ^b   Edwards, David J ^b   Wertheim, Heiman F L ^c,d   Hsu, Li Yang ^e   Van Kinh, Nguyen ^c,d   Zadoks, Ruth ^f,g   Baker, Stephen ^d,h,i   Holt, Kathryn E ^b  

^a IBM RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (Viet Nam)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^g MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^h OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

ⁱ LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbapenemase; Cps; Evolution; Genome; Klebsiella; ST258

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84941245487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv062     Document Type: Article

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