title: Pathogenicity islands and their role in bacterial virulence and survival.
authors.affiliation: Institut für molekulare Infektionsbiologie, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Bianca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hochhut
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Dobrindt
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hacker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal / Q000235:genetics; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D044404:Genomic Islands / Q000235:genetics*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D014774:Virulence