Adaptability and persistence of the emerging pathogen Bordetella petrii.

The first described, environmentally isolated, Bordetella petrii was shown to undergo massive genomic rearrangements in vitro. More recently, B. petrii was isolated from clinical samples associated with jaw, ear bone, cystic fibrosis and chronic pulmonary disease. However, the in vivo consequences o...

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Main Authors: Adrian M Zelazny, Li Ding, Joanna B Goldberg, Lilia A Mijares, Sean Conlan, Patricia S Conville, Frida Stock, Samuel J Ballentine, Kenneth N Olivier, Elizabeth P Sampaio, Patrick R Murray, Steven M Holland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3672207?pdf=render