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M. pneumoniae is a poster organism for this concept.
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The consensus about M. pneumoniae is that an organism with a much simpler genome once preceded it in the timeline of natural history.
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¬ † ¬ † Not a word though on how Streptococcus pneumoniae is doing.
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¬ † ¬ † Not a word though on how Streptococcus pneumoniae is doing.
Another Drive-by Science Critique From Bob Park - NASA Watch 2007
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Our project involves taking genes from a pathogenic bacterium, Streptococcus pneumoniae, which is by no means ideal, but an alternative could not be found in a non-pathogenic species.
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Our project involves taking genes from a pathogenic bacterium, Streptococcus pneumoniae, which is by no means ideal, but an alternative could not be found in a non-pathogenic species.
OpenWetWare - Recent changes [en] Kirill Shkura 2010
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Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of ear infections, bacterial meningitis, and infant septicemia.
Losing Baby Fat Lowers Heart Risks Later Ann Lukits 2011
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One Microbe as a Group of 200 Protein Machines is a New York Times article discussing protein complexes of the organism Mycoplasma pneumoniae.
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Prokaryotes are far simpler then eukaryotes, and M. pneumoniae has one of the smallest genomes of the prokaryotes.
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Much like Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), pneumococcal bacteria (Streptococcus pneumoniae) affect the most defenseless of the population (infants and toddlers).
Pneumococcus Vaccine 2010
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