Genomic islands: tools of bacterial horizontal gene transfer and evolution.
Bacterial genomes evolve through mutations, rearrangements or horizontal gene transfer. Besides the core genes encoding essential metabolic functions, bacterial genomes also harbour a number of accessory genes acquired by horizontal gene transfer that might be beneficial under certain environmental...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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