Unconventional genomic organization in the alpha subgroup of the Proteobacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2749-2755

  Jumas Bilak, Estelle ^a   Michaux Charachon, Sylvie ^a   Bourg, Gisele ^a   Ramuz, Michel ^a   Allardet Servent, Annick ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BRUCELLA; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPLICON; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHODOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM RUBI; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BRUCELLA; DIMORPHA; MYCOPLANA DIMORPHA; NEGIBACTERIA; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; PHYLLOBACTERIUM; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHODOBACTER;

EID: 0031924252     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.10.2749-2755.1998     Document Type: Article

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