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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Main Authors: Wen-Li Du, Nelly Dubarry, Fanny M Passot, Alain Kamgoué, Heath Murray, David Lane, Franck Pasta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-07-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4948915?pdf=render