[Recombinant rearrangements of bacterial genome and adaptation to the environment]
- PMID: 11763775
[Recombinant rearrangements of bacterial genome and adaptation to the environment]
Abstract
The rearrangement of bacterial chromosomes induced by intragenomic recombination is considered. The role of stochastic and programmed genome rearrangements in bacterial adaptation to the environment and in cell differentiation is discussed.