Megaplasmids are extrachromosomal genetic elements in the size range of 100 kb and larger. Microbial Megaplasmids reviews our knowledge of the extensively studied representatives. It also presents snapshots of more recently discovered megaplasmids.

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Inhalt
Megaplasmids in Archaea.- Haloarchaeal Megaplasmids.- Megaplasmids and Biodegradation.- Megaplasmids and the Degradation of Aromatic Compounds by Soil Bacteria.- Catabolic Plasmids Involved in the Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Heteroaromatic Compounds.- Megaplasmids in Plant Symbionts and Pathogens.- Sinorhizobium meliloti Megaplasmids and Symbiosis in S. meliloti.- The Megaplasmid pNGR234a of Rhizobium sp. Strain NGR234.- Ti and Ri Plasmids.- Megaplasmids in Human Pathogens.- The Virulence Plasmids of Shigella flexneri.- The Three Bears and Virulence-Associated Plasmids in the Genus Yersinia.- Virulence Megaplasmids in Bacillus anthracis and Their Relatives in the Bacillus cereus Group.- Megaplasmids and Special Metabolic Functions.- Megaplasmids in Cupriavidus Genus and Metal Resistance.- Megaplasmids of Aerobic Hydrogenotrophic and Carboxidotrophic Bacteria.- The Megaplasmid pAO1 of Arthrobacter Nicotinovorans and Nicotine Catabolism.- The pMUM Megaplasmid of Mycobacterium ulcerans and Closely Related Mycobacteria: A Blueprint for the Synthesis of Mycolactones.- Megaplasmid pKB1 of the Rubber-Degrading Bacterium Gordonia westfalica Strain Kb1.- Megaplasmid pMP118 of Lactobacillus salivarius.