Deciphering bartonella diversity, recombination, and host specificity in a rodent community.

Host-specificity is an intrinsic feature of many bacterial pathogens, resulting from a long history of co-adaptation between bacteria and their hosts. Alpha-proteobacteria belonging to the genus Bartonella infect the erythrocytes of a wide range of mammal orders, including rodents. In this study, we...

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Main Authors: Jean-Philippe Buffet, Benoît Pisanu, Sylvain Brisse, Sophie Roussel, Benjamin Félix, Lénaïg Halos, Jean-Louis Chapuis, Muriel Vayssier-Taussat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3722228?pdf=render