Diverse temperate bacteriophage carriage in Clostridium difficile 027 strains.

<h4>Background</h4>The hypervirulent Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 can be classified into subtypes, but it unknown if these differ in terms of severity of C. difficile infection (CDI). Genomic studies of C. difficile 027 strains have established that they are rich in mobile genetic...

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Auteurs principaux: Janet Y Nale, Jinyu Shan, Peter T Hickenbotham, Warren N Fawley, Mark H Wilcox, Martha R J Clokie
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Collection:PLoS ONE
Accès en ligne:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22624004/?tool=EBI