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The genus Mycobacterium contains species that range from fast-growingsaprophytes such as M. smegmatis and M. fortuitum to slow-growing pathogens such as M. leprae , M. tuberculosis and M. paratuberculosis . Although the chromosomal origin of replication has been studied in some mycobacteria [ 7 8 ] , the genetic organization of the origin of replication in M. paratuberculosis has been previously unknown.
Even if a whole day's production were contaminated and a small amount of leftover contaminated beef reworked into ensuing production, within days the E. coli (which is very slow-growing in a nonconducive environment such as chilled beef) would be so diluted that it wouldn't pose a threat to anyone.
The fast growing M. smegmatis species contains a gnd sequence between dnaN and recF , which is absent in the slow-growing mycobacteria (Fig.
And Lucent's quarterly numbers were more worthy of a slow-growing consumer-products company than of a high-priced tech giant, so the market's reaction was hardly surprising.
They felt their estimates of the organic destruction rate caused by irradiation at the Mars surface were an upper limit for a globally averaged biomass production rate that might be comparable to the slow-growing cryptoendolithic microbial communities found in dry Antarctica deserts [ 17 ] .