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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Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2017-04-01
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/18990 |