Evidence supporting the first secondary chromosome in Actinobacteria as a hallmark of the <i>Embleya</i> genus.
family. We propose EEC1 as a secondary chromosome and the largest secondary replicon reported in bacteria to date.
Authors
- Juan Pablo Gomez‐Escribano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2744-9129)
- Thomas Booth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6134-1488)
- Ernest Lacey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5387-2721)
- Barrie Wilkinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7646-7174)
- Siobhán Dorai-Raj
- David Baker
Institutions
- John Innes Centre (GB)
- Norwich Research Park (GB)
- Novo Nordisk Foundation (DK)
- Earlham Institute (GB)
- Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2026-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.001704
- Primary Topic
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00