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Robustness encoded across essential and accessory replicons of the ecologically versatile bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti.
PLoS genetics - 1 Apr 2018
diCenzo George C, Benedict Alex B, Fondi Marco, Walker Graham C, Finan Turlough M, Mengoni Alessio, Griffitts Joel S
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial genome evolution is characterized by gains, losses, and rearrangements of functional genetic segments. The extent to which large-scale genomic alterations influence genotype-phenotype relationships has not been investigated in a high-throughput manner. In the symbiotic soil bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti, the genome is composed of a chromosome and two large extrachromosomal replicons (pSymA and pSymB,...
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