Molecular analysis of an integrative conjugative element, ICEH, present in the chromosome of different strains of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae

Diversification of bacterial species and pathotypes is largely caused by lateral gene transfer (LGT) of diverse mobile DNA elements such as plasmids, phages, transposons and genomic islands. Thus, acquisition of new phenotypes by LGT is very important for bacterial evolution and relationship with ho...

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Main Authors: Paulo Marcos Pinto, Marcos Oliveira de Carvalho, Leonardo Alves-Junior, Marcelo Brocchi, Irene Silveira Schrank
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2007-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Subjects:
LGT
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572007000200014