Recombination Drives Genetic Diversification of Streptococcus dysgalactiae Subspecies equisimilis in a Region of Streptococcal Endemicity

• David J. McMillan ,

  * E-mail: david.mcmillan@qimr.edu.au

  Affiliations Bacterial Pathogenesis Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Griffith Medical Research College, a joint collaboration between Griffith University and Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Santosh Y. Kaul,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India

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• P. V. Bramhachari,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

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• Pierre R. Smeesters,

  Affiliation Laboratoire de Genetique et Physiologie Bacterienne, Institut de Biologie et de Medecine Moleculaires, Faculte des Sciences, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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• Therese Vu,

  Affiliation Griffith Medical Research College, a joint collaboration between Griffith University and Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• M. G. Karmarkar,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India

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• Melkote S. Shaila,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

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• Kadaba S. Sriprakash

  Affiliation Bacterial Pathogenesis Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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