Metabolic modelling reveals the specialization of secondary replicons for niche adaptation in Sinorhizobium meliloti

The genome of some bacteria consists of two or more chromosomes or replicons. Here, diCenzo et al. integrate genome-scale metabolic modelling and growth data from a collection of mutants of the plant symbiont Sinorhizobium melilotito estimate the fitness contribution of each replicon in three enviro...

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Main Authors: George C. diCenzo, Alice Checcucci, Marco Bazzicalupo, Alessio Mengoni, Carlo Viti, Lukasz Dziewit, Turlough M. Finan, Marco Galardini, Marco Fondi
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Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12219
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spelling doaj-d88cc4dd211a489280d7429037268cff2021-05-11T11:06:21ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232016-07-017111010.1038/ncomms12219Metabolic modelling reveals the specialization of secondary replicons for niche adaptation in Sinorhizobium melilotiGeorge C. diCenzo0Alice Checcucci1Marco Bazzicalupo2Alessio Mengoni3Carlo Viti4Lukasz Dziewit5Turlough M. Finan6Marco Galardini7Marco Fondi8Department of Biology, McMaster UniversityDepartment of Biology, University of FlorenceDepartment of Biology, University of FlorenceDepartment of Biology, University of FlorenceDepartment of Agri-food Production and Environmental Sciences, University of FlorenceDepartment of Bacterial Genetics, Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of WarsawDepartment of Biology, McMaster UniversityEMBL-EBI, Wellcome Trust Genome CampusDepartment of Biology, University of FlorenceThe genome of some bacteria consists of two or more chromosomes or replicons. Here, diCenzo et al. integrate genome-scale metabolic modelling and growth data from a collection of mutants of the plant symbiont Sinorhizobium melilotito estimate the fitness contribution of each replicon in three environments.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12219
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author George C. diCenzo
Alice Checcucci
Marco Bazzicalupo
Alessio Mengoni
Carlo Viti
Lukasz Dziewit
Turlough M. Finan
Marco Galardini
Marco Fondi
spellingShingle George C. diCenzo
Alice Checcucci
Marco Bazzicalupo
Alessio Mengoni
Carlo Viti
Lukasz Dziewit
Turlough M. Finan
Marco Galardini
Marco Fondi
Metabolic modelling reveals the specialization of secondary replicons for niche adaptation in Sinorhizobium meliloti
Nature Communications
author_facet George C. diCenzo
Alice Checcucci
Marco Bazzicalupo
Alessio Mengoni
Carlo Viti
Lukasz Dziewit
Turlough M. Finan
Marco Galardini
Marco Fondi
author_sort George C. diCenzo
title Metabolic modelling reveals the specialization of secondary replicons for niche adaptation in Sinorhizobium meliloti
title_short Metabolic modelling reveals the specialization of secondary replicons for niche adaptation in Sinorhizobium meliloti
title_full Metabolic modelling reveals the specialization of secondary replicons for niche adaptation in Sinorhizobium meliloti
title_fullStr Metabolic modelling reveals the specialization of secondary replicons for niche adaptation in Sinorhizobium meliloti
title_full_unstemmed Metabolic modelling reveals the specialization of secondary replicons for niche adaptation in Sinorhizobium meliloti
title_sort metabolic modelling reveals the specialization of secondary replicons for niche adaptation in sinorhizobium meliloti
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Nature Communications
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publishDate 2016-07-01
description The genome of some bacteria consists of two or more chromosomes or replicons. Here, diCenzo et al. integrate genome-scale metabolic modelling and growth data from a collection of mutants of the plant symbiont Sinorhizobium melilotito estimate the fitness contribution of each replicon in three environments.
url https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12219
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