Insertion sequence evolutionary patterns highlight convergent genetic inactivations and recent genomic island acquisitions among epidemic Burkholderia cenocepacia.

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The Burkholderia cenocepacia B&B clone was found previously to be responsible for an epidemic outbreak within an intensive care unit in France. This clone belongs to the ST32 clonal complex, which is one of the most prevalent among French cystic fibrosis patients and is known to be related to the highly virulent ET12 clonal complex. Genomic repartition biases of insertion sequences (ISs) were investigated to...

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