Horizontal Gene Transfer to a Defensive Symbiont with a Reduced Genome in a Multipartite Beetle Microbiome
Associations between microorganisms and an animal, plant, or fungal host can result in increased dependence over time. This process is due partly to the bacterium not needing to produce nutrients that the host provides, leading to loss of genes that it would need to live independently and to a conse...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2020-02-01
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| Series: | mBio |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02430-19 |