Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29226035›Full record

ArticlePeerJ2017

Molecular evolution of virulence genes and non-virulence genes in clinical, natural and artificial environmental

Xiao-Yong Zhan, Qing-Yi Zhu

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Article in PeerJ, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Xiao-Yong ZhanGuangzhou KingMed Center for Clinical Laboratory, Guangzhou, China.
Qing-Yi ZhuGuangzhou KingMed Center for Clinical Laboratory, Guangzhou, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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resultsLevels of genetic variability including haplotypes, haplotype diversity, nucleotide diversity, nucleotide difference and the total number of mutations in the virulence loci were higher in the natural isolates. In contrast, levels of genetic variability including polymorphic sites, theta from polymorphic sites and the total number of mutations in the NV loci were higher in clinical isolates. A phylogenetic analysis of each individual gene tree showed three to six main groups, but not comprising the same DISCUSSION: Our findingsreinforced the point that the natural environments were the primary training place for

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Genetic diversityLegionella pneumophilaMolecular evolutionMolecular phylogenyNon-virulence genesVirulence genes

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PMID29226035
PMCPMC5719964

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