Being pathogenic, plastic, and sexual while living with a nearly minimal bacterial genome.

Being pathogenic, plastic, and sexual while living with a nearly minimal bacterial genome.

Mycoplasmas are commonly described as the simplest self-replicating organisms, whose evolution was mainly characterized by genome downsizing with a proposed evolutionary scenario similar to that of obligate intracellular bacteria such as insect endosymbionts. Thus far, analysis of mycoplasma genomes...

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Main Authors: Pascal Sirand-Pugnet, Carole Lartigue, Marc Marenda, Daniel Jacob, Aurélien Barré, Valérie Barbe, Chantal Schenowitz, Sophie Mangenot, Arnaud Couloux, Beatrice Segurens, Antoine de Daruvar, Alain Blanchard, Christine Citti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-05-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1868952?pdf=render

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