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Lineage specific recombination rates and microevolution in Listeria monocytogenes.
BMC evolutionary biology - 8 Oct 2008
den Bakker Henk C, Didelot Xavier, Fortes Esther D, Nightingale Kendra K, Wiedmann Martin
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BACKGROUND: The bacterium Listeria monocytogenes is a saprotroph as well as an opportunistic human foodborne pathogen, which has previously been shown to consist of at least two widespread lineages (termed lineages I and II) and an uncommon lineage (lineage III). While some L. monocytogenes strains show evidence for considerable diversification by homologous recombination, our understanding of the contribution of...
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