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Yersinia pestis
and
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
are closest
related
Background
Y. pestis
generally has 2 species specific plasmids (“pestoides F”
exception)
Highly monomorphic but does show gene loss/gain, intra-genome
recombination events, SNPs
Genetic relatedness around phenotypic groups (PE, ANT, MED,
ORI)
Goal- to choose available examples from current clades
Genetic Relatedness
2010
2004
Morelli
et al.
2010. Nature Genetics