title: Darwin's principle of divergence revisited: small steps and quantum leaps set the path of microbial evolution.
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heesemann
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004463:Ecology; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D044404:Genomic Islands; D023281:Genomics; D009154:Mutation; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D015010:Yersinia pestis / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity; D015011:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity