Insight into the evolution of microbial metabolism from the deep-branching bacterium, Thermovibrio ammonificans

Anaerobic thermophiles inhabit relic environments that resemble the early Earth. However, the lineage of these modern organisms co-evolved with our planet. Hence, these organisms carry both ancestral and acquired genes and serve as models to reconstruct early metabolism. Based on comparative genomic...

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Main Authors: Donato Giovannelli, Stefan M Sievert, Michael Hügler, Stephanie Markert, Dörte Becher, Thomas Schweder, Costantino Vetriani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2017-04-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/18990