Sugar Lego: gene composition of bacterial carbohydrate metabolism genomic loci
Abstract Background Bacterial carbohydrate metabolism is extremely diverse, since carbohydrates serve as a major energy source and are involved in a variety of cellular processes. Bacterial genes belonging to same metabolic pathway are often co-localized in the chromosome, but it is not a strict rul...
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2017-11-01
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| Series: | Biology Direct |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13062-017-0200-7 |