The genomic diversification of the whole Acinetobacter genus: Origins, mechanisms, and consequences

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2866-2882

  Touchon, Marie ^a,b   Cury, Jean ^a,b   Yoon, Eun Jeong ^a   Krizova, Lenka ^c   Cerqueira, Gustavo C ^d   Murphy, Cheryl ^d   Feldgarden, Michael ^d   Wortman, Jennifer ^d   Clermont, Dominique ^a   Lambert, Thierry ^a   Grillot Courvalin, Catherine ^a   Nemec, Alexandr ^c   Courvalin, Patrice ^a   Rocha, Eduardo P C ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^d BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial genus; comparative genomics; evolution; mobile genetic elements; nosocomial pathogens.

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; GENETICS; GENOMICS; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES;

ACINETOBACTER; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84985894886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu225     Document Type: Article

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