使142Serratia marcescens

Debora Satie Nagano1, Itsuki Taniguchi1, Tomoyuki Ono1,2

  • 1Department of Bacteriology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.

Microbial genomics
|November 15, 2023
PubMed
概括

等离子体在Serratia marcescens复合体中对细菌基因组多样化有显著的贡献. 医院适应的血统和特定的环境显示出不同的等离子体配置,其中Klebsiella pneumoniae是等离子体交换的关键来源.

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