Ecology and molecular targets of hypermutation in the global microbiome

Here, the authors report a large-scale comparative analysis of <30,000 Diversity-Generating Retroelements (DGRs) across ~9000 metagenomes (representing diverse taxa and biomes), to identify patterns in terms of prevalence and activity. Combined with examination of longitudinal data on <100 met...

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Main Authors: Simon Roux, Blair G. Paul, Sarah C. Bagby, Stephen Nayfach, Michelle A. Allen, Graeme Attwood, Ricardo Cavicchioli, Ludmila Chistoserdova, Robert J. Gruninger, Steven J. Hallam, Maria E. Hernandez, Matthias Hess, Wen-Tso Liu, Tim A. McAllister, Michelle A. O’Malley, Xuefeng Peng, Virginia I. Rich, Scott R. Saleska, Emiley A. Eloe-Fadrosh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23402-7