The diverse and dynamic structure of bacterial genomes.

doi:10.1146/annurev.genet.32.1.339

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The diverse and dynamic structure of bacterial genomes.

Annual review of genetics - 1 Jan 1998

Casjens S

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Bacterial genome sizes, which range from 500 to 10,000 kbp, are within the current scope of operation of large-scale nucleotide sequence determination facilities. To date, 8 complete bacterial genomes have been sequenced, and at least 40 more will be completed in the near future. Such projects gi...

Topics

Bacteria
Chromosomes, Bacterial
Genetic Variation
Genome, Bacterial
Multigene Family
Phylogeny
Physical Chromosome Mapping
Ploidies
Replicon
Species Specificity

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