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Salmonella strains isolated from Galápagos iguanas show spatial structuring of serovar and genomic diversity.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Lankau Emily W, Cruz Bedon Lenin, Mackie Roderick I
Abstract excerpt
It is thought that dispersal limitation primarily structures host-associated bacterial populations because host distributions inherently limit transmission opportunities. However, enteric bacteria may disperse great distances during food-borne outbreaks. It is unclear if such rapid long-distance dispersal events happen regularly in natural systems or if these events represent an anthropogenic exception. We...
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