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Pathogenomics of mobile genetic elements of toxigenic bacteria.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM - 1 Apr 2004
Hacker Jörg, Hochhut Bianca, Middendorf Barbara, Schneider György, Buchrieser Carmen, Gottschalk Gerhard, Dobrindt Ulrich
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The growing knowledge of genetic diversity and whole genome organization in bacteria shows that pathogenicity islands (PAIs) represent a subtype of a more general genetic element, termed genomic island (GEI), which is widespread among pathogenic and non-pathogenic microbes. These findings mirror the importance of horizontal gene transfer, genome reduction and recombination events as fundamental mechanisms...
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