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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Main Authors: Guy Lionel, Collyn François, Greub Gilbert, Roten Claude-Alain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2004-12-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/4/48