Intraspecies Variation in the Emergence of Hyperinfectious Bacterial Strains in Nature

• Douglas M. Heithoff ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Douglas M. Heithoff, William R. Shimp

  Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

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• William R. Shimp ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Douglas M. Heithoff, William R. Shimp

  Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

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• John K. House,

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

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• Yi Xie,

  Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Bart C. Weimer,

  Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Robert L. Sinsheimer,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

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• Michael J. Mahan

  * E-mail: mahan@lifesci.ucsb.edu

  Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

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