Chlamydiaceae Genomics Reveals Interspecies Admixture and the Recent Evolution of Chlamydia abortus Infecting Lower Mammalian Species and Humans
Chlamydiaceae are obligate intracellular bacteria that cause a diversity of severe infections among humans and livestock on a global scale. Identification of new species since 1989 and emergence of zoonotic infections, including abortion in women, underscore the need for genome sequencing of multip...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2015
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4994753/ |