Replicon-dependent bacterial genome evolution: The case of Sinorhizobium meliloti

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 542-558

  Galardini, Marco ^a   Pini, Francesco ^a,b   Bazzicalupo, Marco ^a   Biondi, Emanuele G ^b   Mengoni, Alessio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Chromid; Pangenome; Selection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 84876520217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt027     Document Type: Article

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