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Homology among nearly all plasmids infecting three Bacillus species.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jan 1996
Zawadzki P, Riley M A, Cohan F M
Abstract excerpt
We have surveyed naturally occurring plasmids in strains of Bacillus subtilis and the closely related species B. mojavensis and B. licheniformis. Previous studies have failed to find host-benefitting functions for plasmids of these species, suggesting that these plasmids are nonmutualistic. Only one type of plasmid was found in each plasmid-bearing strain, suggesting that most of the plasmids infecting these...
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