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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Bartonella grahamii
SUBMITTER: Eva Berglund
PROVIDER: E-TABM-875 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Molecular ecology 20100506 11
Bartonella is a genus of vector-borne bacteria that infect the red blood cells of mammals, and includes several human-specific and zoonotic pathogens. Bartonella grahamii has a wide host range and is one of the most prevalent Bartonella species in wild rodents. We studied the population structure, genome content and genome plasticity of a collection of 26 B. grahamii isolates from 11 species of wild rodents in seven countries. We found strong geographic patterns, high recombination frequencies a ...[more]