title: Transposonlike elements in Caedibacter taeniospiralis.
abstract: We report that the 1.5- and 7.5-kilobase-pair (kbp) transposonlike sequences present in the R-body-coding plasmids of Caedibacter taeniospiralis share homology. The R-body-coding plasmids of two new strains of C. taeniospiralis, derived from strains 169 and A30, carry the 7.5- and 1.5-kbp elements, respectively, inserted at new positions. Sequences homologous to the 7.5-kbp sequence from C. taeniospiralis 47 were detected in the chromosomes of three other strains of C. taeniospiralis.
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010957:Plasmids; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004269:DNA, Bacterial