Orderly Replication and Segregation of the Four Replicons of Burkholderia cenocepacia J2315.
Bacterial genomes typically consist of a single chromosome and, optionally, one or more plasmids. But whole-genome sequencing reveals about ten per-cent of them to be multipartite, with additional replicons which by size and indispensability are considered secondary chromosomes. This raises the ques...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-07-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4948915?pdf=render |