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Evidence for vertical inheritance and loss of the leukotoxin operon in genus Mannheimia.
Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Apr 2007
Larsen Jesper, Pedersen Anders G, Christensen Henrik, Bisgaard Magne, Angen Øystein, Ahrens Peter, Olsen John E
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The Mannheimia subclades belong to the same bacterial genus but have taken divergent paths toward their distinct lifestyles. M. haemolytica + M. glucosida are potential pathogens of the respiratory tract in the mammalian suborder Ruminantia, whereas M. ruminalis, the supposed sister group, lives...
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