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Genome plasticity in Yersinia pestis.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Jun 2002
Radnedge Lyndsay, Agron Peter G, Worsham Patricia L, Andersen Gary L
Abstract excerpt
Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of bubonic plague, emerged recently (<20000 years ago) as a clone of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. There is scant evidence of genome diversity in Y. pestis, although it is possible to differentiate three biovars (antiqua, mediaevalis or orientalis) based on two biochemical tests. There are a few examples of restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) within Y. pestis;...
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