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High-Frequency Variation of Purine Biosynthesis Genes Is a Mechanism of Success in Campylobacter jejuni.
mBio - 29 Sept 2015
Cameron Andrew, Huynh Steven, Scott Nichollas E, Frirdich Emilisa, Apel Dmitry, Foster Leonard J, Parker Craig T, Gaynor Erin C
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Phenotypic variation is prevalent in the zoonotic pathogen Campylobacter jejuni, the leading agent of enterocolitis in the developed world. Heterogeneity enhances the survival and adaptive malleability of bacterial populations because variable phenotypes may allow some cells to be protected against future stress. Exposure to hyperosmotic stress previously revealed prevalent differences in growth...
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