Whittam T S, Reid S D, Selander R K
Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis. 1998 Oct-Dec;4(4):615-7. doi: 10.3201/eid0404.980411.
It has been proposed that an increased mutation rate (indicated by the frequency of hypermutable isolates) has facilitated the emergence of Escherichia coli O157:H7. Analysis of the divergence of 12 genes shows no evidence that the pathogen has undergone an unusually high rate of mutation and molecular evolution.
有人提出,突变率增加(以超突变菌株的频率表示)促进了大肠杆菌O157:H7的出现。对12个基因的分歧分析表明,没有证据表明该病原体经历了异常高的突变率和分子进化。