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Reduction and Possible Mechanisms of Evolution of the Bacterial Genomes

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I thank Yu V, Litvin EI, Korenberg VA, Lanzov AA, Prozorov ED, Sverdlov, Saenko AS for their thoughtful reading of the manuscript and criticism. This work was supported in part by the BTEP/ISTC Grant No. 53/2223.

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Smirnov, G.B. (2008). Reduction and Possible Mechanisms of Evolution of the Bacterial Genomes. In: Georgiev, V.S., Western, K.A., McGowan, J.J. (eds) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH. Infectious Disease. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-569-5_22

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