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Internalin profiling and multilocus sequence typing suggest four Listeria innocua subgroups with different evolutionary distances from Listeria monocytogenes.
BMC microbiology - 31 Mar 2010
Chen Jianshun, Chen Qiaomiao, Jiang Lingli, Cheng Changyong, Bai Fan, Wang Jun, Mo Fan, Fang Weihuan
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BACKGROUND: Ecological, biochemical and genetic resemblance as well as clear differences of virulence between L. monocytogenes and L. innocua make this bacterial clade attractive as a model to examine evolution of pathogenicity. This study was attempted to examine the population structure of L. i...
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