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Multilocus sequence phylogenetic study of the genus Haemophilus with description of Haemophilus pittmaniae sp. nov.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jan 2005
Nørskov-Lauritsen Niels, Bruun Brita, Kilian Mogens
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The phylogeny of human isolates of Haemophilus species was estimated based on partial sequences of four separate housekeeping genes. The clustering of each set of sequences was in accordance with speciation of the strains with few exceptions: of 108 gene fragments examined, only three appeared to have been subject to recombination events across the species barrier. Housekeeping gene similarity supported previous...
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