Genomic Evidence for the Evolution of Streptococcus equi: Host Restriction, Increased Virulence, and Genetic Exchange with Human Pathogens

PLOS Pathogens

Keith A. Jolley¹  David Willey¹  Andrew S. Waller¹  Karen F. Steward¹  Neil Chanter¹  Nancy E. Holroyd¹  Stephen D. Bentley¹  David M. Aanensen¹  Carl Robinson¹  Duncan J. Maskell¹  Romain Paillot¹  Karen Brooks¹  Thibaud Jourdan¹  Zoe Heather¹  Julian Parkhill¹  Nathalie C. Bason¹  Martin C. J. Maiden¹  Fern Ainslie¹  Mark Simmonds¹  Brian G. Spratt¹  Katy Webb¹  Mandy Sanders¹  Matthew T. G. Holden¹  Michael A. Quail¹  Karen Mungall¹  Michael Kehoe¹ 

关键词: Streptococcus equi;    Comparative genomics;    Streptococcus pyogenes;    Genomic databases;    Bacteriophages;    Evolutionary genetics;    Bacterial pathogens;    Genetic loci;   

DOI  :  10.1371/journal.ppat.1000346

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Public Library of Science

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