Plasmids are important “vehicles” for the communication of genetic information between
bacteria. The exchange of plasmids transmits pathogenically and environmentally relevant …

Actinobacteria constitute one of the largest phyla among Bacteria and represent gram-
positive bacteria with a high G+ C content in their DNA. This bacterial group includes …

Abstract The 8–9-Mb Streptomyces chromosome is linear, with a “core” containing essential
genes and “arms” carrying conditionally adaptive genes that can sustain large deletions in …

The complete nucleotide sequence of the large linear plasmid pSLA2‐L in Streptomyces
rochei strain 7434AN4 has been determined. pSLA2‐L was found to be 210 614 bp long …

Chromosomal instability has been a hallmark of Streptomyces genetics. Deletions and
circularization often occur in the less-conserved terminal sequences of the linear …

From a genetic standpoint, Streptomyces rimosus is arguably the best-characterized
industrial streptomycete as the producer of oxytetracycline and other tetracycline antibiotics …

The linear chromosome of the bacterium Streptomyces exhibits a remarkable genetic
organization with grossly a central conserved region flanked by variable chromosomal arms …

Bacterial circular chromosomes have sporadically become linearised during prokaryote
evolution. Unrelated bacteria, including the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi and the …

The sequencing of the entire genetic complement of Streptomyces coelicolor A3 (2) has
been completed with the determination of the 365 023 bp sequence of the linear plasmid …

The current systematics of the genus Rhodococcus is unclear, partly because many
members were originally included before the application of a polyphasic taxonomic …