Characterization of a mosaic ISS1 element and evidence for the recent horizontal transfer of two different types of ISS1 between Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactococcus lactis

Gene

Volumn 178, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 15-23

  Bourgoin, F ^a   Guedon G ^a   Pebay M ^a   Roussel, Y ^a   Panis, C ^a   Decaris, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Insertion sequence; IS phylogeny; IS1191; IS981; Lactic acid bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA RECOMBINATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE TRANSFER; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0030608397     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00316-2     Document Type: Article

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