Pathoadaptive mutations: gene loss and variation in bacterial pathogens.

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Pathogenicity-adaptive, or pathoadaptive, mutations represent a genetic mechanism for enhancing bacterial virulence without horizontal transfer of specific virulence factors. Pathoadaptive evolution can be important within single infections and for defining the population structure of a pathogenic species.

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