Lateral Gene Transfer in a Heavy Metal-Contaminated-Groundwater Microbial Community
Unraveling the drivers controlling the response and adaptation of biological communities to environmental change, especially anthropogenic activities, is a central but poorly understood issue in ecology and evolution. Comparative genomics studies suggest that lateral gene transfer (LGT) is a major f...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2016-04-01
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Series: | mBio |
Online Access: | http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/2/e02234-15 |