Genomic evidence reveals the extreme diversity and wide distribution of the arsenic-related genes in Burkholderiales.

So far, numerous genes have been found to associate with various strategies to resist and transform the toxic metalloid arsenic (here, we denote these genes as "arsenic-related genes"). However, our knowledge of the distribution, redundancies and organization of these genes in bacteria is...

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Main Authors: Xiangyang Li, Linshuang Zhang, Gejiao Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3954881?pdf=render