Dynamics and impact of homologous recombination on the evolution of Legionella pneumophila
<p><em>Legionella pneumophila</em> is an environmental bacterium and the causative agent of Legionnaires’ disease. Previous genomic studies have shown that recombination accounts for a high proportion (>96%) of diversity within several major disease-associated sequence types...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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