Experimental Evolution of Metabolic Dependency in Bacteria.
Bacteria frequently lose biosynthetic genes, thus making them dependent on an environmental uptake of the corresponding metabolite. Despite the ubiquity of this 'genome streamlining', it is generally unclear whether the concomitant loss of biosynthetic functions is favored by natural selec...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-11-01
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| Series: | PLoS Genetics |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5096674?pdf=render |