Genomospecies

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A species characterised by its DNA alone

    "This operon is present in only a limited number of strains belonging to genomospecies 1, and it has been acquired once during evolution by horizontal transfer."

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"This operon is present in only a limited number of strains belonging to genomospecies 1, and it has been acquired once during evolution by horizontal transfer."

Etymology

From genome + -o- + species.

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