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Neisseria meningitidis has acquired sequences within the capsule locus by horizontal genetic transfer

2019-08-02

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<h4>Background: </h4> Expression of a capsule from one of serogroups A, B, C, W, X or Y is usually required for Neisseria meningitidis ( Nme ) to cause invasive meningococcal disease. The capsule is encoded by the capsule locus, cps , which is proposed to have been acquired by a formerly capsule null organism by horizontal genetic transfer (HGT) from another species. Following identification of putative capsule...

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Literature Corpus work: 59838005-f82e-575d-b2db-4199a90d1f91
DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15333.2

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