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Distribution of megaplasmids in Lactobacillus salivarius and other lactobacilli.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Sept 2007
Li Yin, Canchaya Carlos, Fang Fang, Raftis Emma, Ryan Kieran A, van Pijkeren Jan-Peter, van Sinderen Douwe, O'Toole Paul W
Abstract excerpt
The genome of Lactobacillus salivarius UCC118 includes a 242-kb megaplasmid, pMP118. We now show that 33 strains of L. salivarius isolated from humans and animals all harbor a megaplasmid, which hybridized with the repA and repE replication origin probes of pMP118. Linear megaplasmids that did not hybridize with the pMP118 repA probe were also found in some strains of L. salivarius, showing for the first time...
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