Genetic and phenotypic characterization of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa population with high frequency of genomic islands.

Various genomic islands, PAPI-1, PAPI-2, PAGI-1, PAGI-2, PAGI-3, and PAGI-4, and the element pKLC102 have been characterized in different P. aeruginosa strains from diverse habitats and geographical locations. Chromosomal DNA macroarray of 100 P. aeruginosa strains isolated from 85 unrelated patient...

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Main Authors: Rosario Morales-Espinosa, Gloria Soberón-Chávez, Gabriela Delgado-Sapién, Luisa Sandner-Miranda, José L Méndez, Gerardo González-Valencia, Alejandro Cravioto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3360775?pdf=render