Data from: Cryptic ecology among host generalist Campylobacter jejuni in domestic animals

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dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Oxford - Sheppard, Samuel K.
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Helsinki - Cheng, Lu
dc.contributor.affiliationSwansea University - Méric, Guillaume
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Helsinki - de Haan, Caroline P. A.
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Helsinki - Llarena, Ann-Katrin
dc.contributor.affiliationAalto University - Marttinen, Pekka
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Helsinki - Vidal, Ana
dc.contributor.affiliationWellcome Trust - Ridley, Anne
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Oxford - Clifton-Hadley, Felicity
dc.contributor.affiliationCardiff University - Connor, Thomas R.
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Aberdeen - Strachan, Norval J. C.
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Aberdeen - Forbes, Ken
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Oxford - Colles, Frances M.
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Oxford - Jolley, Keith A.
dc.contributor.affiliationWellcome Trust - Bentley, Stephen D.
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Oxford - Maiden, Martin C. J.
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Helsinki - Hänninen, Marja-Liisa
dc.contributor.affiliationWellcome Trust - Parkhill, Julian
dc.contributor.affiliationHarvard University - Hanage, William P.
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Helsinki - Corander, Jukka
dc.contributor.authorSheppard, Samuel K.
dc.contributor.authorCheng, Lu
dc.contributor.authorMéric, Guillaume
dc.contributor.authorde Haan, Caroline P. A.
dc.contributor.authorLlarena, Ann-Katrin
dc.contributor.authorMarttinen, Pekka
dc.contributor.authorVidal, Ana
dc.contributor.authorRidley, Anne
dc.contributor.authorClifton-Hadley, Felicity
dc.contributor.authorConnor, Thomas R.
dc.contributor.authorStrachan, Norval J. C.
dc.contributor.authorForbes, Ken
dc.contributor.authorColles, Frances M.
dc.contributor.authorJolley, Keith A.
dc.contributor.authorBentley, Stephen D.
dc.contributor.authorMaiden, Martin C. J.
dc.contributor.authorHänninen, Marja-Liisa
dc.contributor.authorParkhill, Julian
dc.contributor.authorHanage, William P.
dc.contributor.authorCorander, Jukka
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-24T15:14:57Z
dc.date.issued2014-03-28
dc.date.issued2014-03-28
dc.descriptionHomologous recombination between bacterial strains is theoretically capable of preventing the separation of daughter clusters, and producing cohesive clouds of genotypes in sequence space. However, numerous barriers to recombination are known. Barriers may be essential such as adaptive incompatibility, or ecological, which is associated with the opportunities for recombination in the natural habitat. Campylobacter jejuni is a gut colonizer of numerous animal species and a major human enteric pathogen. We demonstrate that the two major generalist lineages of C. jejuni do not show evidence of recombination with each other in nature, despite having a high degree of host niche overlap and recombining extensively with specialist lineages. However, transformation experiments show that the generalist lineages readily recombine with one another in vitro. This suggests ecological rather than essential barriers to recombination, caused by a cryptic niche structure within the hosts.
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.hk860
dc.identifier.urihttps://hydatakatalogi-test-24.it.helsinki.fi/handle/123456789/9436
dc.rightsOpen
dc.rights.licensecc-zero
dc.subjectMicrobial Biology
dc.subjectCoevolution
dc.subjectCampylobacter
dc.titleData from: Cryptic ecology among host generalist Campylobacter jejuni in domestic animals
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