Genome flexibility in Neisseria meningitidis
Neisseria meningitidis usually lives as a commensal bacterium in the upper airways of humans. However, occasionally some strains can also cause life-threatening diseases such as sepsis and bacterial meningitis. Comparative genomics demonstrates that only very subtle genetic differences between carri...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier Science
2009
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3898611/ |