An current question in the molecular genetics of bacteria
Domaradskiĭ, I.V.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 1975(5): 20-25
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311 PMID: 813460 Document Number: 95604
The author considers the possibilities and limits of extrapolation of the data by the genetics of one species of bacteria to the other. It is emphasized that even in the related bacterial species a similar localization on chromosomes was inherent only to some of the unitypical genes, by in this case as well not all the genes were grouped in the same way, and differed by their delicate structure. An idea on the significant role of genetic metabolism in the microbial evolution is being developed; particular significance is attributed to plasmides. It is supposed that foreign plasmides, particularly transmissive factors of multiple drug resistance could aid in charting the chromosomes of bacteria in which the routes of transmission of genetic information are still unknown. A conclusion was drawn on the necessity of intensification and widening the investigations on the molecular genetics of bacteria of significance for public health and public economy.