The question of how bacteria are able to overcome species barriers and adapt to new hosts
is central to the understanding of both the origin of infectious diseases and the emergence of …

Nucleotide sequencing has become increasingly common and affordable, and is now a vital
tool for studies of the human microbiome. Comprehensive microbial community surveys …

The phylogenetic relationships of the type strains of 9 Klebsiella species and 20 species
from 11 genera of the family Enterobacteriaceae were investigated by performing a …

The Bacillus subtilis group comprises eight closely related species that are indistinguishable
from one another by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Therefore, the gyrB gene, which …

Variations in the mass spectral profiles of multiple housekeeping proteins of 126 strains
representing Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica (subspecies I), S. enterica subsp. salamae …

Shigella causes bacillary dysentery and is classified into four species based on their antigen
characteristics. This classification does not reflect genetic relatedness; in fact, Shigella …

Salmonella in domestic animals Salmonella in Domestic Animals Page 2 To Patricia, who
despite suffering from verbal salmonellosis for many years has given us every support, and …

Phylogenetic analysis of about 200 strains of Salmonella, Shigella, and Escherichia coli was
carried out using the nucleotide sequence of the gene for DNA gyrase B (gyrB), which was …

The presence of homologues of Salmonella enterica sv. Typhimurium LT2 genes was
assessed in 22 other Salmonella including members of all seven subspecies and …

Phylogenetic trees showing the evolutionary relatedness of Enterobacteriaceae based upon
gyrB and 16S rRNA genes were compared. Congruence among trees of these molecules …