Borgs: Giant Extrachromosomal Elements found in mud Archaea
Supriyo Mukherjee, Kalyani Mahavidyalaya Scientific researches have unveiled a novel conformation of gigantic, extrachromosomal DNA in mud-dwelling archaea, as stated in a preprint posted on July 10, 2021, on bioRxiv. Extrachromosomal elements (ECE) comprise structures such as plasmids, megaplasmids, viruses, etc. which give rise to attributes like antibiotic resistance in bacteria. However, as reported in […]