Evidence supporting the first secondary chromosome in Actinobacteria as a hallmark of the <i>Embleya</i> genus.

2026/05/01 by Juan Pablo Gomez‐Escribano, Siobhan Dorai-Raj, David Baker +4 · 1 voice
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · Medicine · #Actinomycetales infections and treatment #Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

paper · doi:10.1099/mgen.0.001704

openalex publication_date 2026/05/01 · openalex created_date 2026/05/08 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

family. We propose EEC1 as a secondary chromosome and the largest secondary replicon reported in bacteria to date.

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• Evidence supporting the first secondary chromosome in Actinobacteria as a hallmark of the Embleya genus. Published in MGen as part of the part of the Advances in the biology of Actinomycetes collectio [bsky, 4 points, 1 comments]

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