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Comparative genome analysis of Spiroplasma melliferum IPMB4A, a honeybee-associated bacterium.
BMC genomics - 16 Jan 2013
Lo Wen-Sui, Chen Ling-Ling, Chung Wan-Chia, Gasparich Gail E, Kuo Chih-Horng
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BACKGROUND: The genus Spiroplasma contains a group of helical, motile, and wall-less bacteria in the class Mollicutes. Similar to other members of this class, such as the animal-pathogenic Mycoplasma and the plant-pathogenic 'Candidatus Phytoplasma', all characterized Spiroplasma species were found to be associated with eukaryotic hosts. While most of the Spiroplasma species appeared to be harmless commensals of...
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