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Journal of Bacteriology, June 2006, p. 4137-4141, Vol. 188, No. 11
0021-9193/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00114-06
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A New Integrative Conjugative Element Occurs in Mycoplasma agalactiae as Chromosomal and Free Circular Forms

UMR INRA-ENVT 1225, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse, 23 Chemin des Capelles, F-31076 Toulouse Cedex 3,¹ Genoscope—Centre National de Séquençage, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux CP5706, F-91057 Evry Cedex,² UMR 1090, INRA-IBVM, LIPP, 71 Av. E. Bourlaux, BP 81, 33883 Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France³

Received 20 January 2006/ Accepted 10 March 2006

An integrative conjugative element, ICEA, was characterized in Mycoplasma agalactiae strain 5632, in which it occurs as multiple chromosomal copies and as a free circular form. The distribution of ICEA sequences in M. agalactiae strains and their occurrence in Mycoplasma bovis suggest the spreading of the element within or between species.

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