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Characterization of the natural population of Bartonella henselae by multilocus sequence typing.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 2003
Iredell J, Blanckenberg D, Arvand M, Grauling S, Feil E J, Birtles R J
Abstract excerpt
Investigations of the population genetics of Bartonella henselae have demonstrated a high level of diversity among strains, and the delineation of isolates into one of two subtypes, type I (Houston) and type II (Marseille), represented by specific 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) sequences, has long been considered the most significant genotypic division within the species. This belief is challenged by recent work...
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