Opinion - From pieces to patterns: evolutionary engineering in bacterial pathogens

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作者
Baquero, F [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Hosp Ramon y Cajal, Dept Microbiol, IMSALUD, Madrid 28034, Spain
[2] INTA, CSIC, NASA, Ctr Agrobiol,Lab Bacterial Evolut, Madrid, Spain
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10.1038/nrmicro909
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Evolutionary microbiology is a basic science that is increasingly forming the basis for new developments in public-health microbiology. Medical advances might depend on an understanding of the conditions that are required for the emergence and maintenance of human bacterial pathogens. An understanding of the evolutionary engineering rules that lead to virulence or drug resistance - specifically with bacteria in mind - are therefore important and are examined in this article.
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