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Inactivation of mismatch repair increases the diversity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus.
Environmental microbiology - 1 May 2009
Hazen Tracy H, Kennedy K Danielle, Chen Shen, Yi Soojin V, Sobecky Patricia A
Abstract excerpt
Inactivation of mismatch repair (MMR) has been shown to increase the accumulation of spontaneous mutations and frequency of recombination for diverse pathogenic bacteria. Currently, little is known regarding the role of mutator phenotypes for the diversification of natural populations of opportunistic human pathogens in marine environments. In this study, a higher frequency of mutators was detected among V....
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