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Population structure and recombination in environmental isolates of Legionella pneumophila.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Mar 2007
Coscollá Mireia, González-Candelas Fernando
Abstract excerpt
Legionella pneumophila is a water-borne bacteria responsible for most cases of legionellosis, an emerging disease with an increasing incidence in industrialized countries. Although early analysis based on multilocus enzyme electrophoresis (MLEE) described the population structure of this species as clonal, more recent reports have suggested that recombination also contributes to shaping variation across its...
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