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Genomic Deletion Marking an Emerging Subclone of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica in France and the Iberian Peninsula

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica is widely disseminated in North America and the boreal and temperate regions of the Eurasian continent. Comparative genomic analyses identified a 1.59-kb genomic deletion specific to F. tularensis subsp. holarctica isolates from Spain and France. Phylogenetic analysis of strains carrying this deletion by multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis showed that the strains comprise a highly related set of genotypes, implying that these strains were recently introduced or recently emerged by clonal expansion in France and the Iberian Peninsula.

Source: Applied and Environmental Microbiology

DOI: 10.1128/aem.00646-07

Authors: M. P. Dempsey, M. Dobson, C. Zhang, M. Zhang, C. Lion, C. B. Gutiérrez-Martín, P. C. Iwen, P. D. Fey, M. E. Olson, D. Niemeyer, S. Francesconi, R. Crawford, M. Stanley, J. Rhodes, D. M. Wagner, A. J. Vogler, D. Birdsell, P. Keim, A. Johansson, S. H. Hinrichs, A. K. Benson

Institutions: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Nancy, Universidad de León, Northern Arizona University, Swedish Defence Research Agency, Umeå University

Language: English

Topic: Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Air Force, Advanced Research Projects Agency, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Award: Genome biology of Francisella tularensis populations

OpenAlex ID: W2163451936

FWCI: 0.987

Cites: 25

Cited by: 37

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