Genome evolution in bacteria isolated from million-year-old subseafloor sediments
W. D. Orsi, T. Magritsch, S. Vargas, O. K. Coskun, A. Vuillemin, S. Hohna, G. Worheide, S. D'Hondt, B. J. Shapiro, P. Carini
This study examines genome evolution in Thalassospira bacteria from million-year-old subseafloor sediments, finding reduced recombination, increased pseudogenes, and genetic drift as dominant evolutionary forces.
bioRxiv · Dec 19, 2020Microbiology