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Alexei I Slesarev

Identification, cloning and characterization of a new DNA-binding protein from the hyperthermophilic methanogen Methanopyrus kandleri
Nikolai A Pavlov
Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, D 37077, Gottingen, Germany
Nucleic Acids Res 30:685-94. 2002
Comparative genomic analysis of the gut bacterium Bifidobacterium longum reveals loci susceptible to deletion during pure culture growth
Ju Hoon Lee
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Center for Microbial and Plant Genomics, University of Minnesota, 1500 Gortner Ave, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
BMC Genomics 9:247. 2008
The complete genome of hyperthermophile Methanopyrus kandleri AV19 and monophyly of archaeal methanogens
Alexei I Slesarev
Fidelity Systems, Gaithersburg, MD 20879, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:4644-9. 2002

Identification, cloning and characterization of a new DNA-binding protein from the hyperthermophilic methanogen Methanopyrus kandleri
Nikolai A Pavlov
Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, D 37077, Gottingen, Germany
Nucleic Acids Res 30:685-94. 2002
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Comparative genomic analysis of the gut bacterium Bifidobacterium longum reveals loci susceptible to deletion during pure culture growth
Ju Hoon Lee
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Center for Microbial and Plant Genomics, University of Minnesota, 1500 Gortner Ave, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
BMC Genomics 9:247. 2008
..However, clinical feeding studies with exogenous bifidobacteria show they don't remain in the intestine, suggesting they may lose competitive fitness when grown outside the gut...
The complete genome of hyperthermophile Methanopyrus kandleri AV19 and monophyly of archaeal methanogens
Alexei I Slesarev
Fidelity Systems, Gaithersburg, MD 20879, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:4644-9. 2002
..Also, M. kandleri appears to have fewer genes acquired via lateral transfer than other archaea. These features might reflect the extreme habitat of this organism...