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vrrB, a hypervariable open reading frame in Bacillus anthracis.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jul 2000
Schupp J M, Klevytska A M, Zinser G, Price L B, Keim P
Abstract excerpt
Bacillus anthracis appears to be the most molecularly homogeneous bacterial species known. Extensive surveys of worldwide isolates have revealed vanishingly small amounts of genomic variation. The biological importance of the resting-stage spore may lead to very low evolutionary rates and, perhaps, to the lack of potentially adaptive genetic variation. In contrast to the overall homogeneity, some gene coding...
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