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The genome of Coxiella burnetii Z3055, a clone linked to the Netherlands Q fever outbreaks, provides evidence for the role of drift in the emergence of epidemic clones.
Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2014
D'Amato Felicetta, Rouli Laetitia, Edouard Sophie, Tyczka Judith, Million Matthieu, Robert Catherine, Nguyen Thi Tien, Raoult Didier
Abstract excerpt
Coxiella burnetii is a pathogen causing Q fever. The aim of our work was to study Z3055, a strain that is genotypically related to the strain causing the Netherlands outbreak. We compared Z3055 to 5 other completed genomes available in GenBank. We calculated the blast score ratio (BSR) to analyze genetic differences among the strains. The ratio core genome/pangenome was 98% likely other bacteria with closed...
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