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RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 158, Issue 10, Pages 745-753Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2007.09.008
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mobile elements; Orientia; reductive evolution; Rickettsia; type IV secretion systems
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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. (c) 2007 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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