Housekeeping genes essential for pantothenate biosynthesis are plasmid-encoded in <it>Rhizobium etli </it>and <it>Rhizobium leguminosarum</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A traditional concept in bacterial genetics states that housekeeping genes, those involved in basic metabolic functions needed for maintenance of the cell, are encoded in the chromosome, whereas genes required for dealing with challe...

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Main Authors: los Santos Alejandro, Romero David, Lozano Luis, Dávalos Araceli, Brom Susana, Villaseñor Tomás
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-04-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/11/66