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Pneumococcal prophages are diverse, but not without structure or history

Bacteriophages (phages) infect many bacterial species, but little is known about the diversity of phages among the pneumococcus, a leading global pathogen. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence, diversity and molecular epidemiology of prophages (phage DNA integrated within th...

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Autores principales: Brueggemann, Angela B., Harrold, Caroline L., Rezaei Javan, Reza, van Tonder, Andries J., McDonnell, Angus J., Edwards, Ben A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5317160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28218261
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep42976