level of rearrangements. As a result, the prediction of their origin and termination of
replication on the sole basis of chromosomal DNA composition or skew is inoperative. Using
a different approach based on biologically relevant sequences, we were able to determine
oriC position in all 21 genomes. The position of dif, the site where chromosome dimers are
resolved before DNA segregation could be predicted in 19 genomes. Computation of the …