Plasmids from Food Lactic Acid Bacteria: Diversity, Similarity, and New Developments

Plasmids are widely distributed in different sources of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) as self-replicating extrachromosomal genetic materials, and have received considerable attention due to their close relationship with many important functions as well as some industrially relevant characteristics of t...

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Main Authors: Yanhua Cui, Tong Hu, Xiaojun Qu, Lanwei Zhang, Zhongqing Ding, Aijun Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-06-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/16/6/13172