Natural Genetic Transformation Generates a Population of Merodiploids in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Calum Johnston; Stéphanie Caymaris; Aldert Zomer; Hester J. Bootsma; Marc Prudhomme; Chantal Granadel; Peter W. M. Hermans; Patrice Polard; Bernard Martin; Jean-Pierre Claverys

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1003819

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Natural Genetic Transformation Generates a Population of Merodiploids in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Calum Johnston ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Calum Johnston, Stéphanie Caymaris

Affiliations Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LMGM-UMR5100, Toulouse, France, Université de Toulouse, UPS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Toulouse, France
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Stéphanie Caymaris ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Calum Johnston, Stéphanie Caymaris

Affiliations Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LMGM-UMR5100, Toulouse, France, Université de Toulouse, UPS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Toulouse, France
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Aldert Zomer,

Affiliation Laboratory of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Hester J. Bootsma,

Affiliation Laboratory of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Marc Prudhomme,

Affiliations Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LMGM-UMR5100, Toulouse, France, Université de Toulouse, UPS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Toulouse, France
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Chantal Granadel,

Affiliations Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LMGM-UMR5100, Toulouse, France, Université de Toulouse, UPS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Toulouse, France
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Peter W. M. Hermans,

Affiliation Laboratory of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Patrice Polard,

Affiliations Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LMGM-UMR5100, Toulouse, France, Université de Toulouse, UPS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Toulouse, France
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Bernard Martin,

Affiliations Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LMGM-UMR5100, Toulouse, France, Université de Toulouse, UPS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Toulouse, France
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Jean-Pierre Claverys

* E-mail: claverys@biotoul.fr

Affiliations Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LMGM-UMR5100, Toulouse, France, Université de Toulouse, UPS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Toulouse, France
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Natural Genetic Transformation Generates a Population of Merodiploids in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Calum Johnston,
Stéphanie Caymaris,
Aldert Zomer,
Hester J. Bootsma,
Marc Prudhomme,
Chantal Granadel,
Peter W. M. Hermans,
Patrice Polard,
Bernard Martin,
Jean-Pierre Claverys

Published: September 26, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003819

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