Patterns of gene content and co-occurrence constrain the evolutionary path toward animal association in CPR bacteria
A. L. Jaffe, C. He, R. Keren, L. E. Valentin-Alvarado, P. L. Munk, K. Bouma-Gregson, I. F. Farag, Y. Amano, R. Sachdeva, P. T. West, J. F. Banfield
This study examines gene content and co-occurrence patterns in CPR bacteria to understand their evolutionary transitions between environmental and animal-associated habitats.
bioRxiv · Mar 3, 2021Microbiology