Paleozoic diversification of terrestrial chitin-degrading bacterial lineages

Paleozoic diversification of terrestrial chitin-degrading bacterial lineages

Abstract Background Establishing the divergence times of groups of organisms is a major goal of evolutionary biology. This is especially challenging for microbial lineages due to the near-absence of preserved physical evidence (diagnostic body fossils or geochemical biomarkers). Horizontal gene tran...

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Main Authors: Danielle S. Gruen, Joanna M. Wolfe, Gregory P. Fournier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Horizontal gene transfer
Chitinase
Chitin
Bacteria
Fungi
Arthropods
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-019-1357-8

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