A genomic island present along the bacterial chromosome of the <it>Parachlamydiaceae </it>UWE25, an obligate amoebal endosymbiont, encodes a potentially functional F-like conjugative DNA transfer system
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The genome of <it>Protochlamydia amoebophila </it>UWE25, a <it>Parachlamydia</it>-related endosymbiont of free-living amoebae, was recently published, providing the opportunity to search for genomic islands (G...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2004-12-01
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Series: | BMC Microbiology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/4/48 |