Section 1
Genes
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Boundless Microbiology
Microbiology
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Bacterial Genomes
Bacterial genomes are smaller in size (size range from 139 kbp to 13,000 kpb) between species when compared with genomes of eukaryotes.

DNA Replication in Prokaryotes
Prokaryotic DNA is replicated by DNA polymerase III in the 5' to 3' direction at a rate of 1000 nucleotides per second.

Gene Inversion
Gene Inversion utilizes recombinases to invert DNA sequences, resulting in an ON to OFF switch in the gene located within this switch.

Slipped-Strand Mispairing
Slipped strand mispairing (SSM) is a process that produces mispairing of short repeat sequences during DNA synthesis.