Nucleotide sequence analysis of two cryptic plasmids, pRS2 (2544 bp) and pR
S3 (3948 bp), from Oenococcus oeni revealed the presence in both of three m
ajor open reading frames with significant similarity to other small cryptic
plasmids from O. oeni. The results suggest that those plasmids could be se
parated into two subfamilies, one represented by pLo13 and pRS3, the other
represented by pOg32, pRS1, and pRS2. (C) 2001 Academic Press.