Analysis of the β’ Subunit of DNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase Does Not Support the Hypothesis Inferred from 16S rRNA Analysis that Oenococcus oeni (Formerly Leuconostoc oenos) Is a Tachytelic (Fast-Evolving) Bacterium

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