title: Deletion of an rRNA gene set in Bacillus subtilis.
abstract: One of the 10 rRNA gene sets found in a wild-type strain of Bacillus subtilis 168 was deleted, apparently by recombination between two tandemly repeated rRNA gene sets. The deletion strain grew as well as the wild-type strain under a variety of growth conditions and also showed no change in the sporulation efficiency.
mesh_terms: D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics*; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis*; D011995:Recombination, Genetic
chemical_list: D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal