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Part of the book series: Microbiology Monographs (MICROMONO, volume 11)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Megaplasmids in Archaea
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Megaplasmids in Plant Symbionts and Pathogens
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Megaplasmids and Special Metabolic Functions
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Back Matter
About this book
Megaplasmids are extrachromosomal genetic elements in the size range of 100 kb and larger. They are found in physiologically and phylogenetically diverse groups of bacteria and archaea. By definition, megaplasmids are not essential for the viability of their hosts under all growth conditions, but paradoxically many megaplasmids carry the genetic information for the defining and characteristic traits of the organism in which they reside.
Microbial Megaplasmids reviews our knowledge of the extensively studied representatives, such as the catabolic plasmids of the pseudomonads, the rhizobial Sym plasmids, the Ti plasmids of the genus Agrobacterium and the giant enterobacterial virulence plasmids. It also presents snapshots of more recently discovered megaplasmids. The contribution of megaplasmids to the biology of their hosts is described, highlighting the interactions between megaplasmid and chromosomal genes.
Editors and Affiliations
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Institut fuer Biologie, Mikrobiologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Edward Schwartz
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Microbial Megaplasmids
Editors: Edward Schwartz
Series Title: Microbiology Monographs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85467-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-85466-1Published: 17 January 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09916-8Published: 28 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-85467-8Published: 29 January 2009
Series ISSN: 1862-5576
Series E-ISSN: 1862-5584
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 348
Topics: Bacteriology, Plant Pathology, Medical Microbiology, Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Agriculture, Applied Microbiology