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Identification, Distribution, and Expression of Novel Genes in 10 Clinical Isolates of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae
20 May 2005
Abstract excerpt
We hypothesize that Haemophilus influenzae, as a species, possesses a much greater number of genes than that found in any single H. influenzae genome. This supragenome is distributed throughout naturally occurring infectious populations, and new strains arise through autocompetence and autotransformation systems. The effect is that H. influenzae populations can readily adapt to environmental stressors. The...
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