Plasmids in diatom species
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- 1 September 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 173 (18) , 5924-5927
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.173.18.5924-5927.1991
Abstract
We have discovered plasmids in 5 of 18 diatom species surveyed. In several species, more than one type of plasmid is present. Several of the plasmids show similarity by hybridization previously characterized plasmids in Cylindrotheca fusiformis (J. D. Jacobs et al., unpublished data). Additionally, there is similarity between the plasmids found in C. fusiformis and chloroplast DNA in three diatom species. These results add to the evidence that the plasmids have features of mobile genetic elements.Keywords
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