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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2008

Presence of a family of plasmids (29 to 65 kilobases) with a 26-kilobase common region in different strains of the sulfur-oxidizing bacterium Acidithiobacillus caldus.

Leonard J van Zyl, Shelly M Deane, Lilly-Ann Louw, Douglas E Rawlings

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Leonard J van ZylDepartment of Microbiology, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa.
Shelly M Deane
Lilly-Ann Louw
Douglas E Rawlings
Stellenbosch University · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Three large cryptic plasmids from different isolates of Acidithiobacillus caldus were rescued by using an in vitro transposition system that delivers a kanamycin-selectable marker and an Escherichia coli plasmid origin of replication. The largest of the plasmids, the 65-kb plasmid pTcM1, was isolated from a South African A. caldus strain, MNG. This plasmid was sequenced and compared to that of pTcF1 (39 kb, from strain "f," South Africa) and pC-SH12 (29 kb, from strain C-SH12, Australia). With the exception of a 2.7-kb insertion sequence, pC-SH12 appears to represent the DNA common to all three plasmids and includes a number of accessory genes plus the plasmid "backbone" containing the replication region. The two larger plasmids carry, in addition, a number of insertion sequences of the ISL3 family and a composite transposon related to the Tn21 subfamily containing a highly mosaic region within the borders of the inverted repeats. Genes coding for arsenic resistance, plasmid mobilization, plasmid stability, and a putative restriction-modification system occur within these mosaic regions.

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AcidithiobacillusAustraliaChromosome MappingCloning, MolecularDNA, BacterialDNA Transposable ElementsOpen Reading FramesPlasmidsRepliconRestriction MappingSequence Analysis, DNASouth AfricaSulfur-Reducing BacteriaDNA, BacterialDNA Transposable Elements

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PMID18515486
PMCPMC2493190
OpenAlexW2134839648

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