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Legionella pneumophila pangenome reveals strain-specific virulence factors
BACKGROUND: Legionella pneumophila subsp. pneumophila is a gram-negative γ-Proteobacterium and the causative agent of Legionnaires' disease, a form of epidemic pneumonia. It has a water-related life cycle. In industrialized cities L. pneumophila is commonly encountered in refrigeration towers a...
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2859405/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20236513 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-11-181 |