Metabolic and Morphotypic Trade-Offs within the Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Escherichia coli

ABSTRACT Escherichia coli arbitrarily encompasses facultative anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria with defined respiratory and fermentative types of metabolism. The species diversification has been further advanced by atypical strains whose features deviate from the essential species-specific morphologic...

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Main Authors: Nikola Zlatkov, Moa Elsa Cecilia Näsman, Bernt Eric Uhlin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-10-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00678-22