Quantification of ploidy in proteobacteria revealed the existence of monoploid, (mero-)oligoploid and polyploid species.
Bacteria are generally assumed to be monoploid (haploid). This assumption is mainly based on generalization of the results obtained with the most intensely studied model bacterium, Escherichia coli (a gamma-proteobacterium), which is monoploid during very slow growth. However, several species of pro...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011
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