New Research Traces Evolutionary Path of Multidrug Resistant Strep Bacteria
Friday, January 28, 2011 - 16:31
in Biology & Nature
Scientists from Rockefeller University and the Sanger Institute have used full genome sequencing to identify the precise steps in the molecular evolution of Streptococcus pneumoniae, showing the changes the genome of this bacterium has undergone in time and during its massive geographic spread over the globe.