YpfΦ : a filamentous phage acquired by Yersinia pestis

YpfΦ : a filamentous phage acquired by Yersinia pestis

Yersinia pestis, the plague bacillus, has an exceptional pathogenicity for humans. The plague bacillus emerged very recently (≈3,000 years ago) from the enteropathogen Y. pseudotuberculosis. Early after its emergence, Y. pestis became infected by a filamentous phage named YpfΦ. During the microevolu...

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Main Authors: Anne eDerbise, Elisabeth eCarniel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Plague
Yersinia pestis
filamentous bacteriophage
YpfΦ
pathogene emergence
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00701/full

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