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, Lauren A Perry, Brian M Schuster, Rachel A Donner, Matthew R Coyle, Vaughn S Cooper, 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.
eLife · Apr 27, 2017Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology