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BMC genomics. 2018-03-27; 19.1: 218.

Primordial origin and diversification of plasmids in Lyme disease agent bacteria

Casjens SR, Di L, Akther S, Mongodin EF, Luft BJ, Schutzer SE, Fraser CM, Qiu WG

PMID: 29580205

Abstract

With approximately one-third of their genomes consisting of linear and circular plasmids, the Lyme disease agent cluster of species has the most complex genomes among known bacteria. We report here a comparative analysis of plasmids in eleven Borreliella (also known as Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato) species.

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