The PL6-Family Plasmids of Haloquadratum Are Virus-Related

Plasmids PL6A and PL6B are both carried by the C23T strain of the square archaeon Haloquadratum walsbyi, and are closely related (76% nucleotide identity), circular, about 6 kb in size, and display the same gene synteny. They are unrelated to other known plasmids and all of the predicted proteins ar...

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Main Authors: Mike Dyall-Smith, Friedhelm Pfeiffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
PL6
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01070/full