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Massive attack

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The three species covered in this month's Genome Watch highlight very different strategies by which bacterial pathogens threaten human existence: infections that lead to abortion in humans and livestock; devastation of food crops; and potential use of a pathogen as a biological weapon.

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Figure 1: An electron micrograph showing the ultrastructure of Chlamydophila abortus.

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    Nicholas Thomson, Ana Cerdeño-Tárraga & Stephen Bentley

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Bordetella pertussis

Chlamydia trachomatis

Chlamydophila abortus

Chlamydophila caviae

Chlamydophila pneumoniae

Francisella tularensis

Leifsonia xyli

Xcc strain 8004

Xcc strain ATCC 33913

Yersinia pestis

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Thomson, N., Cerdeño-Tárraga, A. & Bentley, S. Massive attack. Nat Rev Microbiol 3, 586–587 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1212

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