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.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 7465-7470 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Applied and Environmental Microbiology |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue number | 22 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2007 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biotechnology
- Food Science
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Ecology