Microbial Megaplasmids

Part I : Megaplasmids in archaea -- Haloarchaeal megaplasmids / Shiladitya DasSarma, Melinda Capes, and Priya DasSarma -- Part II : Megaplasmids and biodegradation -- Megaplasmids and the degradation of aromatic compounds by soil bacteria / Eve Vedler -- Catabolic plasmids involved in the degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heteroaromatic compounds / Hideaki Nojiri, Masahiro Sota, and Masaki Shintani -- Part III : Megaplasmids in plant symbionts and pathogens -- Sinorhizobium meliloti megaplasmids and symbiosis in S. meliloti / Fr??d??rique Barloy-Hubler and Mohamed Jebbar -- The megaplasmid pNGR234a of Rhizobium sp. strain NGR234 / Patrick Mavingui -- Ti and Ri Plasmids / Katsunori Suzuki ... [et al.] -- Part IV : Megaplasmids in human pathogens -- The virulence plasmids of Shigella flexneri / Charles J. Dorman -- The three bears and virulence-associated plasmids in the genus Yersinia / Sarah L. Howard, Philippa C.R. Strong, and Brendan W. Wren -- Virulence megaplasmids in Bacillus anthracis and their relatives in the Bacillus cereus group / Agn??s Fouet and Marie Moya -- Part V : Megaplasmids and special metabolic functions -- Megaplasmids in Cupriavidus genus and metal resistance / Max Mergeay ... [et al.] -- Megaplasmids of aerobic hydrogenotrophic and carboxidotrophic bacteria / Edward Schwartz -- The megaplasmid pAO1 of Arthrobacter nicotinovorans and nicotine catabolism / Petra Ganas, Gabor L. Igloi, and Roderich Brandsch -- The pMUM megaplasmid of Mycobacterium ulcerans and closely related mycobacteria : A blueprint for the synthesis of mycolactones / Sacha J. Pidot, Nicholas J. Tobias, and Tim Stinear -- Megaplasmid pKB1 of the rubber-degrading bacterium Gordonia westfalica strain Kb1 / Daniel Br??ker and Alexander Steinb??chel -- Megaplasmid pMP118 of Lactobacillus salivarius / Paul W. O'Toole and Emma J. Raftis.