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From Species to Genes: A New Diagnostic Paradigm
17 Jul 2024
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Molecular diagnostics has the potential to revolutionise the field of clinical microbiology. Microbial identification and nomenclature have, for too long, been restricted to phenotypic characterisation. However, this species-level view fails to wholly account for genetic heterogeneity, a result of lateral gene transfer, mediated primarily by mobile genetic elements. This genetic promiscuity has helped to drive...
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