Adaptive radiation by waves of gene transfer leads to fine-scale resource partitioning in marine microbes
Adaptive radiations are well-known for animals and plants, but not for microbes. Here, Hehemann et al. show that there has been a recent adaptive radiation of bacteria in the Vibrionaceae to use different forms of alginate and that this radiation has been mediated by horizontal gene transfer.
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| Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2016
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/ef2ec8a253f041ae9b506392c75ac931 |
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