An extreme thermophile, Thermus thermophilus, is a polyploid bacterium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 5499-5505

  Ohtani, Naoto ^a,b   Tomita, Masaru ^a   Itaya, Mitsuhiro ^a,b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN Harima Institute Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; THERMUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BASE COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; POLYPLOIDY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 77957830494     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00662-10     Document Type: Article

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