The obligate human pathogen, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, is polyploid.

We show using several methodologies that the Gram-negative, diplococcal-bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae has more than one complete genome copy per cell. Gene dosage measurements demonstrated that only a single replication initiation event per chromosome occurs per round of cell division, and that th...

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Main Authors: Deborah M Tobiason, H Steven Seifert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-06-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040185