A Tribute to Disorder in the Genome of the Bloom-Forming Freshwater Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Humbert, Jean François ^a,e   Barbe, Valérie ^b   Latifi, Amel ^c   Gugger, Muriel ^a,f   Calteau, Alexandra ^d   Coursin, Therese ^a,f   Lajus, Aurélie ^d   Castelli, Vanina ^b   Oztas, Sophie ^b   Samson, Gaëlle ^b   Longin, Cyrille ^d   Medigue, Claudine ^d   de Marsac, Nicole Tandeau ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE SÉQUENÇAGE   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Genoscope   (France)

^e UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOSINE; GUANINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASTICITY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNTENY;

BASE COMPOSITION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GENE ORDER; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME SIZE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MICROCYSTIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84881507586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070747     Document Type: Article

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