Number of copies of rRNA operon

Range 1-2 unitless
Organism Bacteria Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Reference Fegatella F., Lim J., Kjelleberg S., Cavicchioli R. Implications of rRNA operon copy number and ribosome content in the marine oligotrophic ultramicrobacterium Sphingomonas sp. strain RB2256. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1998. 64(11):4433-4438.PubMed ID9797303
Primary Source Amikam, D., G. Glaser, and S. Razin. Mycoplasmas (Mollicutes) have a low number of rRNA genes. 1984. J. Bacteriol. 158:376-378PubMed ID6201476
Entered by Phil Mongiovi
ID 102222