Characterisation of IS1311 in Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis genomes: Typing, continental clustering, microbial evolution and host adaptation

• Rachel Mizzi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Microbiology and Parasitology Research, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle, New South Wales, Australia

  Affiliation School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Karren M. Plain,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Microbiology and Parasitology Research, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle, New South Wales, Australia

  Affiliation School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7126-9865

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• Verlaine J. Timms,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Neilan Laboratory of Microbial and Molecular Diversity, College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3883-4428

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• Ian Marsh,

  Roles Conceptualization, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Microbiology and Parasitology Research, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle, New South Wales, Australia

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• Richard J. Whittington

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: richard.whittington@sydney.edu.au

  Affiliation School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3982-611X

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