Massive Gene Flux Drives Genome Diversity between Sympatric Streptomyces Conspecifics

Massive Gene Flux Drives Genome Diversity between Sympatric Streptomyces Conspecifics

Horizontal gene transfer is a rapid and efficient way to diversify bacterial gene pools. Currently, little is known about this gene flux within natural soil populations. Using comparative genomics of Streptomyces strains belonging to the same species and isolated at microscale, we reveal frequent tr...

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Main Authors: Abdoul-Razak Tidjani, Jean-Noël Lorenzi, Maxime Toussaint, Erwin van Dijk, Delphine Naquin, Olivier Lespinet, Cyril Bontemps, Pierre Leblond
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-09-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
streptomyces
conjugation
gene transfer
plasticity
population
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01533-19

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https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01533-19

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