Salmonella bongori provides insights into the evolution of the Salmonellae.

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Published in PLoS Pathog on August 18, 2011

Authors

Maria Fookes1, Gunnar N Schroeder, Gemma C Langridge, Carlos J Blondel, Caterina Mammina, Thomas R Connor, Helena Seth-Smith, Georgios S Vernikos, Keith S Robinson, Mandy Sanders, Nicola K Petty, Robert A Kingsley, Andreas J Bäumler, Sean-Paul Nuccio, Inés Contreras, Carlos A Santiviago, Duncan Maskell, Paul Barrow, Tom Humphrey, Antonino Nastasi, Mark Roberts, Gad Frankel, Julian Parkhill, Gordon Dougan, Nicholas R Thomson

Author Affiliations

1: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

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