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Comparative biology of IncQ and IncQ-like plasmids.

Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR ·Vol. 65 ·No. 4 ·2001-12-00 ·Pages 481-96, table of contents

Rawlings DE, Tietze E

Abstract

Plasmids belonging to Escherichia coli incompatibility group Q are relatively small (approximately 5 to 15 kb) and able to replicate in a remarkably broad range of bacterial hosts. These include gram-positive bacteria such as Brevibacterium and Mycobacterium and gram-negative bacteria such as Agrobacterium, Desulfovibrio, and cyanobacteria. These plasmids are mobilized by several self-transmissible plasmids into an even more diverse range of organisms including yeasts, plants, and animal cells. IncQ plasmids are thus highly promiscuous. Recently, several IncQ-like plasmids have been isolated from bacteria found in environments as diverse as piggery manure and highly acidic commercial mineral biooxidation plants. These IncQ-like plasmids belong to different incompatibility groups but have similar broad-host-range replicons and mobilization properties to the IncQ plasmids. This review covers the ecology, classification, and evolution of IncQ and IncQ-like plasmids.

MeSH Terms
Adenosine Triphosphatases/chemistry,genetics,physiology Base Sequence DNA Helicases/chemistry,genetics,physiology Escherichia coli/chemistry,genetics,physiology Evolution, Molecular Industrial Waste Manure/microbiology Molecular Sequence Data Phylogeny Plasmids/chemistry,genetics,physiology Replication Origin/genetics,physiology Sequence Alignment Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Chemicals
Industrial Waste Manure Adenosine Triphosphatases DNA Helicases
Authors & Affiliations
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Rawlings D E
Department of Microbiology, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland 7602, South Africa. der@sun.ac.za
Tietze E
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Article Info
Journal
Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR
Abbr.
Microbiol Mol Biol Rev
ISSN
1092-2172
DOI
10.1128/MMBR.65.4.481-496.2001
Email
der@sun.ac.za
Published
2001-12-00
Pages
481-96, table of contents
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
9706653
PMCID
PMC99038
Subset
IM
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.65.4.481-496.2001 PMC Full Text View journal details
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