bacterial genome

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bacterial
adjective
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/bækˈtɪə.ri.əl/us
/bækˈtɪr.i.əl/
caused by, made from, or relating ...
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genome
noun[C]
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/ˈdʒiː.nəʊm/us
/ˈdʒiː.noʊm/
the complete set of genetic material of a human, animal, plant, or other ...
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For example, an antibiotic target may be absent from thebacterialgenome.
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They rebuilt the virus and hostbacterialgenomesequences from the natural acidophilic biofilms.
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These results indicate that genome size reduction can occur relatively rapidly and loss of certain genes can speed up the process ofbacterialgenomecompaction.
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With the sequences of many organisms available for analysis, scientists, through their investigations, began to challenge some of the earlier tenants ofbacterialgenomestructure.
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The 16 bp fragment is enough to determine the location of the transposon insertion in thebacterialgenome.
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The relationship between life-styles of bacteria and genome size raises questions as to the mechanisms ofbacterialgenomeevolution.
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Over the years, researchers have proposed several theories to explain the general trend ofbacterialgenomedecay and the relatively small size of bacterial genomes.
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They consist of short sequences that originate from viral genomes and have been incorporated into thebacterialgenome.
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From the recent experiments, they found that in abacterialgenomea considerable segment of the intergenic regions are actively transcribed.
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Its function is unknown, but amino acid sequence homologs are found in virtually everybacterialgenometo date, and it may be an essential protein.
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In the lysogenic cycle the phage genome replicates with the rest of thebacterialgenomeand is transmitted to daughter cells at each subsequent cell division.
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Sometimes prophages may provide benefits to the host bacterium while they are dormant by adding new functions to thebacterialgenomein a phenomenon called lysogenic conversion.
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We found that at least 170 genes are conserved among these cyanobacteria, which are not generally associated with other bacterial genomes.
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Dynamics of linkage disequilibrium in bacterial genomes undergoing transformation and\\or conjugation.
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The plasticity of bacterial genomes also permits the easy transfer of resistance genes between bacterial strains, exacerbating the problem of antibiotic resistance.
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As there is usually only one copy of the plasmid perbacterialgenome, the plasmid stands a high chance of not being passed to both daughter cells.
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The classification system that she developed was very influential and has served as the basis for the description of most sequenced bacterial genomes since then.
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Conserved clusters of functionally related genes in two bacterial genomes.
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The theory is based upon the logical premise that smaller bacterial genomes will take less time to replicate.
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These studies have helped expand the understanding of bacterial catabolism, noncatabolic physiological adaptation to organic compounds, and the evolution of large bacterial genomes.
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