Genomic insights into the host specific adaptation of the Pneumocystis genus and emergence of the human pathogen Pneumocystis jirovecii
O. H. Cisse, L. Ma, J. P. Dekker, P. P. Khil, J.-H. Youn, J. M. Brenchley, R. V. Blair, B. Pahar, M. Chabe, K. K. A. Van Rompay, R. Keesler, A. Sukura, V. Hirsch, G. Kutty, Y. Liu, , J. A. Kovacs
The paper sequenced genomes of Pneumocystis species from different mammals to study host specificity and evolutionary adaptations, revealing insights into the emergence of the human pathogen P. jirovecii.
bioRxiv · Jul 29, 2020Evolutionary Biology