The early stage of bacterial genome-reductive evolution in the host.

The equine-associated obligate pathogen Burkholderia mallei was developed by reductive evolution involving a substantial portion of the genome from Burkholderia pseudomallei, a free-living opportunistic pathogen. With its short history of divergence (approximately 3.5 myr), B. mallei provides an exc...

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Main Authors: Han Song, Junghyun Hwang, Hyojeong Yi, Ricky L Ulrich, Yan Yu, William C Nierman, Heenam Stanley Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-05-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20523904/pdf/?tool=EBI