Lineage structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae may be driven by immune selection on the groEL heat-shock protein

Abstract Populations of Streptococcus pneumoniae (SP) are typically structured into groups of closely related organisms or lineages, but it is not clear whether they are maintained by selection or neutral processes. Here, we attempt to address this question by applying a machine learning technique t...

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Main Authors: José Lourenço, Eleanor R. Watkins, Uri Obolski, Samuel J. Peacock, Callum Morris, Martin C. J. Maiden, Sunetra Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08990-z