Phyloproteomic and functional analyses do not support a split in the genus Borrelia (phylum Spirochaetes)

Abstract Background The evolutionary history of a species is frequently derived from molecular sequences, and the resulting phylogenetic trees do not include explicit functional information. Here, we aimed to assess the functional relationships among bacteria in the Spirochaetes phylum, based on the...

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Main Authors: Agustín Estrada-Peña, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-019-1379-2