Community-like genome in single cells of the sulfur bacterium Achromatium oxaliferum.

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Polyploid bacteria are common, but the genetic and functional diversity resulting from polyploidy is unknown. Here we use single-cell genomics, metagenomics, single-cell amplicon sequencing, and fluorescence in situ hybridization, to show that individual cells of Achromatium oxaliferum, the world's biggest known freshwater bacterium, harbor genetic diversity typical of whole bacterial communities. The cells...

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