Gene composition as a potential barrier to large recombinations in the bacterial pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae
F. Comandatore, D. Sassera, S. C. Bayliss, E. Scaltriti, S. Gaiarsa, X. Cao, A. Gales, R. Saito, S. Pongolini, S. Brisse, E. Feil, C. Bandi
This study analyzes 834 Klebsiella pneumoniae genomes to investigate the frequency, distribution, and dynamics of large recombination events, finding that gene composition influences the success of such events.
bioRxiv · Jan 28, 2018Evolutionary Biology