Heterozygous, Polyploid, Giant Bacterium, Achromatium, Possesses an Identical Functional Inventory Worldwide across Drastically Different Ecosystems
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DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaa273
Abstract: Abstract Achromatium is large, hyperpolyploid and the only known heterozygous bacterium. Single cells contain approximately 300 different chromosomes with allelic diversity far exceeding that typically harbored by single bacteria genera. Surveying all publicly available sediment… read more here.
Keywords: bacterium; heterozygous polyploid; achromatium; polyploid giant ... See more keywords