“CATABOLIC PLASMIDS are large (80→1100 kb) linear or circular, accessory deoxyribonucleic acid elements present in the cytoplasm of bacteria from virtually every ecological niche on Earth. Catabolic plasmids are giant bacterial plasmids that encode vast arrays of catabolic gene clusters. They play a central and indispensible role in the Earth’s carbon cycle.”
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