title: Two large, related, cryptic plasmids from geographically distinct isolates of Sulfobacillus thermotolerans.
abstract: Two large cryptic plasmids (59.2 and 65.9 kb) from isolates of Sulfobacillus thermotolerans from Yellowstone National Park (United States) and the Caribbean island of Montserrat were isolated and sequenced. This analysis revealed a common "backbone" region coding for a potential plasmid stability system plus a nonpheromone conjugation system containing homologues of both type IV and type II (tight adherence, or Tad-like) secretion systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa. smd@sun.ac.za
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Deane
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Rawlings
mesh_terms: D017691:Caribbean Region; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial