The genomic and metabolic diversity of Rickettsia
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- 作者：Hans-Henrik Fuxelius ; Alistair Darby ; Chan-Ki Min ; Nam-Hyuk Cho ; Siv G.E. Andersson
- 关键词：Mobile elements ; Orientia ; Reductive evolution ; Rickettsia ; Type IV secretion systems
- 刊名：Research in Microbiology
- 出版年：2007
- 出版时间：December 2007
- 年：2007
- 卷：158
- 期：10
- 页码：745-753
- 全文大小：523 K
文摘
Comparative genomics of Rickettsia and Orientia has revealed an exciting interplay between reductive evolutionary forces acting on metabolic genes in all species and proliferation of mobile genetic elements in some species. These contradictory evolutionary forces highlight the influence of chance, adaptation and host-cell exploitation during the evolution of intracellular bacteria.