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Organization of bacterial genomes, differences in the primary and secondary chromosomes among the bacteria were well discussed in this chapter. Details of the bacterial genome rearrangements have been discussed with the genomes of K-12 and pathogenic O157: H7 E. coli strains, Mycoplasma genitalium normal and synthetic genomes, which made the first synthetic life possible on the planet. Key concepts related to the bacterial genome rearrangements, the evolution of bacterial genomes and the genetic diversity of the infectious bacteria were also discussed in detail.
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Chaitanya, K.V. (2019). Structure, Function, and Evolution of Bacterial Genomes. In: Genome and Genomics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0702-1_3
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