Bacterial defense systems and host ecology drive the evolution of intra-species lineages.

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Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is a major driver of diversity in bacterial populations. However, our understanding of its impact on the evolution of intra-species lineages is limited. The multi-host bacterial pathogen Staphylococcus aureus is differentiated into genetic lineages known as clonal complexes (CC) with variable host and disease tropisms. Here, we demonstrate that CCs exhibit extensive variation in...

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