title: Comparative phylogenomics of pathogenic bacteria by microarray analysis.
abstract: DNA microarrays represent a powerful technology that enables whole-scale comparison of bacterial genomes. This, coupled with new methods to model DNA microarray data, is facilitating the development of robust comparative phylogenomics analyses. Such studies have dramatically increased our ability to differentiate between bacteria, highlighting previously undetected genetic differences and population structures and providing new insight into virulence and evolution of bacterial pathogens. Recent results from such studies have generated insights into the evolution of bacterial pathogens, the levels of diversity and plasticity in the genome of a species, as well as the differences in virulence amongst pathogenic bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dorrell
authors.forename: Stewart J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hinchliffe
authors.forename: Brendan W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Wren
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D046228:Microarray Analysis; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D014774:Virulence / Q000235:genetics