| Literature DB >> 17890329 |
M P Dempsey1, M Dobson, C Zhang, M Zhang, C Lion, C B Gutiérrez-Martín, P C Iwen, P D Fey, M E Olson, D Niemeyer, S Francesconi, R Crawford, M Stanley, J Rhodes, D M Wagner, A J Vogler, D Birdsell, P Keim, A Johansson, S H Hinrichs, A K Benson.
Abstract
Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica is widely disseminated in North America and the boreal and temperate regions of the Eurasian continent. Comparative genomic analyses identified a 1.59-kb genomic deletion specific to F. tularensis subsp. holarctica isolates from Spain and France. Phylogenetic analysis of strains carrying this deletion by multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis showed that the strains comprise a highly related set of genotypes, implying that these strains were recently introduced or recently emerged by clonal expansion in France and the Iberian Peninsula.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17890329 PMCID: PMC2168206 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00646-07
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792