A Population Genetics-Based and Phylogenetic Approach to Understanding the Evolution of Virulence in the Genus Listeria

The genus Listeria includes (i) the opportunistic pathogens L. monocytogenes and L. ivanovii, (ii) the saprotrophs L. innocua, L. marthii, and L. welshimeri, and (iii) L. seeligeri, an apparent saprotroph that nevertheless typically contains the prfA virulence gene cluster. A novel 10-loci multilocu...

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Main Authors: den Bakker, Henk C., Bundrant, Brittany N., Fortes, Esther D., Orsi, Renato H., Wiedmann, Martin
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2010
Subjects:
Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2937515/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20656873
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00447-10
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