Extensive recombination events and horizontal gene transfer shaped the <it>Legionella pneumophila </it>genomes
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Legionella pneumophila </it>is an intracellular pathogen of environmental protozoa. When humans inhale contaminated aerosols this bacterium may cause a severe pneumonia called Legionnaires' disease. Despite the a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-11-01
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| Series: | BMC Genomics |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/12/536 |