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What's a SNP between friends: The lineage of Clostridioides difficile R20291 can effect research outcomes.
Anaerobe - 1 Oct 2021
Monteford Jorge, Bilverstone Terry W, Ingle Patrick, Philip Sheryl, Kuehne Sarah A, Minton Nigel P
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Clostridioides difficile R20291 is the most studied PCR-Ribotype 027 isolate. The two predominant lineages of this hypervirulent strain, however, exhibit substantive phenotypic differences and possess genomes that differ by a small number of nucleotide changes. It is important that the source of R20291 is taken into account in research outcomes.
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