Occurrence of randomly recombined functional 16S rRNA genes in Thermus thermophilus suggests genetic interoperability and promiscuity of bacterial 16S rRNAs
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47807-z
Abstract: Based on the structural complexity of ribosomes, 16S rRNA genes are considered species-specific and hence used for bacterial phylogenetic analysis. However, a growing number of reports suggest the occurrence of horizontal gene transfer, raising genealogical… read more here.
Keywords: rrna; rrna genes; 16s rrna; thermus thermophilus ... See more keywords