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Strength in diversity

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A diverse set of genomes is described in this month's column, all of which are involved at some level in interactions with a human host. These range from the eukaryotic intracellular pathogen Cryptosporidium parvum, through the prokaryotic opportunistic pathogens Bacillus cereus and Leptospira interrogans, to the gut commensal Lactobacillus johnsonii. The genomes of these organisms display a wide range of adaptive responses to the challenges of survival in the mammalian host and many other environmental niches.

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  1. Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, Cambridge, UK

    Arnab Pain, Lisa Crossman, Mohammed Sebaihia, Ana Cerdeño-Tárraga & Julian Parkhill

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Bacillus anthracis

Bacillus cereus

Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron

Lactobacillus johnsonii

Leptospira serovar Copenhageni

Leptospira serovar Lai

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Cryptosporidium parvum genome project

Plasmodium falciparum genome project

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Pain, A., Crossman, L., Sebaihia, M. et al. Strength in diversity. Nat Rev Microbiol 2, 358–359 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro889

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