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Pseudomonas aeruginosa displays an epidemic population structure.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Dec 2002
Pirnay Jean-Paul, De Vos Daniel, Cochez Christel, Bilocq Florence, Vanderkelen Alain, Zizi Martin, Ghysels Bart, Cornelis Pierre
Abstract excerpt
Bacteria can have population structures ranging from the fully sexual to the highly clonal. Despite numerous studies, the population structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is still somewhat contentious. We used a polyphasic approach in order to shed new light on this issue. A data set consisting of three outer membrane (lipo)protein gene sequences (oprI, oprL and oprD), a DNA-based fingerprint (amplified fragment...
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