Evolutionary BiologyeLifePeer-reviewed
Host-selected mutations converging on a global regulator drive an adaptive leap by bacteria to symbiosis
M Sabrina Pankey, Randi L Foxall, Ian M Ster…·Cheryl A Whistler
The paper shows that mutations in the binK gene of Vibrio fischeri enable adaptation to squid hosts by improving colonization and immune evasion.
DOI 10.7554/elife.24414