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The large universal Pantoea plasmid LPP-1 plays a major role in biological and ecological diversification.
BMC genomics - 15 Nov 2012
De Maayer Pieter, Chan Wai-Yin, Blom Jochen, Venter Stephanus N, Duffy Brion, Smits Theo H M, Coutinho Teresa A
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BACKGROUND: Pantoea spp. are frequently isolated from a wide range of ecological niches and have various biological roles, as plant epi- or endophytes, biocontrol agents, plant-growth promoters or as pathogens of both plant and animal hosts. This suggests that members of this genus have undergone extensive genotypic diversification. One means by which this occurs among bacteria is through the acquisition and...
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