Mosaic Evolution of Beta Barrel Porin Encoding Genes in Escherichia coli
X. Chen, X. Cai, Z. Chen, J. Wu, G. Hao, Q. Luo, G. Zhu, W. Koester, A. P. White, Y. Cai, Y. Wang
The paper identifies mosaic evolution in multiple beta-barrel porin genes in E. coli, showing local recombination and sequence variation that may help bacteria evade environmental threats.
bioRxiv · Sep 21, 2021Microbiology