Microbial Megaplasmids

I. Megaplasmids in Archaea

1. Haloarchaeal Megaplasmids
Shiladitya DasSarma, Melinda Capes, Priya DasSarma

II. Megaplasmids and Biodegradation

2. Megaplasmids and the Degradation of Aromatic Compounds by Soil Bacteria
Eve Vedler

3. Catabolic Plasmids Involved in the Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Heteroaromatic Compounds
Hideaki Nojiri, Masahiro Sota, Masaki Shintani

III. Megaplasmids in Plant Symbionts and Pathogens

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Sinorhizobium meliloti Megaplasmids and Symbiosis in S. meliloti

Frédérique Barloy-Hubler, Mohamed Jebbar

5. The Megaplasmid pNGR234a of Rhizobium sp. Strain NGR234
Patrick Mavingui

6. Ti and Ri Plasmids
Katsunori Suzuki, Katsuyuki Tanaka, Shinji Yamamoto, Kazuya Kiyokawa, Kazuki Moriguchi, Kazuo Yoshida

IV. Megaplasmids in Human Pathogens

7. The Virulence Plasmids of Shigella flexneri

Charles J. Dorman

8. The Three Bears and Virulence-Associated Plasmids in the Genus Yersinia

Sarah L. Howard, Philippa C.R. Strong, Brendan W. Wren

9. Virulence Megaplasmids in Bacillus anthracis and Their Relatives in the Bacillus cereus Group
Agnès Fouet, Marie Moya

V. Megaplasmids and Special Metabolic Functions

10. Megaplasmids in Cupriavidus Genus and Metal Resistance
Max Mergeay, Sébastien Monchy, Paul Janssen, Rob Van Houdt, Natalie Leys

11. Megaplasmids of Aerobic Hydrogenotrophic and Carboxidotrophic Bacteria
Edward Schwartz

12. The Megaplasmid pAO1 of Arthrobacter Nicotinovorans and Nicotine Catabolism
Petra Ganas, Gabor L. Igloi, Roderich Brandsch

13. The pMUM Megaplasmid of Mycobacterium ulcerans and Closely Related Mycobacteria: A Blueprint for the Synthesis of Mycolactones
Sacha J. Pidot, Nicholas J. Tobias, Tim Stinear

14. Megaplasmid pKB1 of the Rubber-Degrading Bacterium Gordonia westfalica Strain Kb1
Daniel Bröker, Alexander Steinbüchel

15. Megaplasmid pMP118 of Lactobacillus salivarius

Paul W. O'Toole, Emma J. Raftis

Keywords: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / General SCI008000