The early stage of bacterial genome-reductive evolution in the host.

The equine-associated obligate pathogen Burkholderia mallei was developed by reductive evolution involving a substantial portion of the genome from Burkholderia pseudomallei, a free-living opportunistic pathogen. With its short history of divergence (approximately 3.5 myr), B. mallei provides an exc...

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Main Authors: Han Song, Junghyun Hwang, Hyojeong Yi, Ricky L Ulrich, Yan Yu, William C Nierman, Heenam Stanley Kim
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/2e4d5d4e5c0545f48e9639968eda1a97
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