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In Brucella: Selective pressure may turn some genes on instead of default off position.
Medical hypotheses - 1 Jun 2017
Wareth Gamal, Melzer Falk, Neubauer Heinrich
Abstract excerpt
Brucellosis is a major zoonosis with worldwide prevalence; more than half a million new human cases are expected every year. The genus Brucella (B) encompasses 12 accepted nomo-species and brucellae were described as Gram negative, aerobic, non-motile and non-haemolytic facultative intracellular bacteria. The Brucella genome contains flagella-specific genes and various hemolysins, but no flagella are formed and...
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