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E. coli K-12 substr. MG1655

Hi all,

I was wondering if E. coli K-12 substr. MG1655, which is usually used as a reference genome for E. coli, also contain the plasmid genes. I would appreciate it if someone can help me with that, please?

Thanks

escherichia_coli e.coli plasmid microbe bacteria

1 answer

No, The reference genome contains only 1 chromosome enter image description here https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/genome/GCF_000005845.2/

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