The Clostridioides difficile species problem: global phylogenomic analysis uncovers three ancient, toxigenic, genomospecies
D. R. Knight, K. Imwattana, B. Kullin, E. Guerrero-Araya, D. Paredes-Sabja, X. Didelot, K. E. Dingle, D. W. Eyre, C. Rodriguez, T. V. Riley
This study identifies three ancient, toxigenic genomospecies within C. difficile using global phylogenomic analysis, reshaping its taxonomy and understanding of toxin gene evolution.
bioRxiv · Sep 21, 2020Microbiology