Antimicrobial resistance genes and associated mobile elements were. Combining sequencing approaches to fully resolve a. Megaplasmids and the degradation of aromatic compounds by. Evolution and dynamics of megaplasmids with genome sizes larger. Presence of megaplasmids in rhizobium tropici and further. Structure and genetic content of the megaplasmids of. A family of pseudomonas megaplasmids offers a rare.
Identification of a megaplasmid centromere reveals genetic. According to the plasmid hypothesis, megaplasmids are the evolutionary precursors of. Horizontal gene transfer hgt has a crucial role in microbial evolution, in shaping the structure and function of microbial communities and in controlling a myriad of. Wed like to understand how you use our websites in order to improve them. The emergence of multidrug resistance mdr in bacteria represents a global threat to human health. Several genera enriched for megaplasmids andor chromids are labeled. Characterization of the replicator region of megaplasmid. The divided bacterial genome microbiology and molecular.
Alexander steinbuchel munster, germany microbiology monographs volu. A megaplasmid family driving dissemination of multidrug. Horizontal gene transfer hgt of megaplasmids can rapidly create dramatic. Edward schwartz editor v olume 11 2009 katharina p awlo wski. We determined the genetic maps of the megaplasmids of six neutoroxigenic clostridium butyricum type e strains from italy using molecular and. Department of microbial biochemistry, institute of. Pdf microbial biodegradation pathways are often, either fully or partially, encoded on mobile genetic elements, including catabolic plasmids. Identification of a megaplasmid centromere reveals genetic structural diversity within the repabc family of basic replicons repabc family of basic replicons. Pdf megaplasmids and the degradation of aromatic compounds. To improve annotation, we downloaded additional files of trusted proteins from. Megaplasmids are extrachromosomal genetic elements in the size range of.
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