A genomic view of experimental intraspecies and interspecies transformation of a rifampicin-resistance allele into Neisseria meningitidis

The spread of antibiotic resistance within and between different bacterial populations is a major health problem on a global scale. The identification of genetic transformation in genomic data from Neisseria meningitidis, the meningococcus (Mc), and other bacteria is problematic, since similar or ev...

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Main Authors: Alfsnes, K, Frye, SA, Eriksson, J, Eldholm, V, Bynildsrud, O, Bohlin, J, Harrison, OB, Hood, DW, Maiden, MCJ, Tonjum, T, Ambur, OH
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Microbiology Society 2018