Article
Pseudomonas aeruginosa exhibits frequent recombination, but only a limited association between genotype and ecological setting.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Kidd Timothy J, Ritchie Stephen R, Ramsay Kay A, Grimwood Keith, Bell Scott C, Rainey Paul B
Abstract excerpt
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen and an important cause of infection, particularly amongst cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. While specific strains capable of patient-to-patient transmission are known, many infections appear to be caused by unique and unrelated strains. There is a need to understand the relationship between strains capable of colonising the CF lung and the broader set of P....
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Databases, Genetic
- Ecosystem
- Environmental Microbiology
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Geography
- Humans
- Multilocus Sequence Typing
- Mutation