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A new variant of the capsule 3 cluster occurs in Streptococcus pneumoniae from deceased wild chimpanzees.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Denapaite Dalia, Hakenbeck Regine
Abstract excerpt
The presence of new Streptococcus pneumoniae clones in dead wild chimpanzees from the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire, with previous respiratory problems has been demonstrated recently by DNA sequence analysis from samples obtained from the deceased apes. In order to broadenour understanding on the relatedness of these pneumococcal clones to those from humans, the gene locus responsible for biosynthesis of the...
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