Evolutionary genomics of a temperate bacteriophage in an obligate intracellular bacteria (Wolbachia).

Genome evolution of bacteria is usually influenced by ecology, such that bacteria with a free-living stage have large genomes and high rates of horizontal gene transfer, while obligate intracellular bacteria have small genomes with typically low amounts of gene exchange. However, recent studies indi...

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Main Authors: Bethany N Kent, Lisa J Funkhouser, Shefali Setia, Seth R Bordenstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3173496?pdf=render