Reversion to metabolic autonomy underpins evolutionary rescue of a bacterial obligate mutualism
Ignacio José Melero‐Jiménez, Yael Sorokin, Ami Merlin, Jiawei Li, Alejandro Couce, Jonathan Friedman
This study shows that evolutionary rescue in a bacterial mutualism occurs when one strain reverts to metabolic autonomy, allowing the community to survive lethal stresses despite the other strain's sensitivity.
Nature Communications · Apr 11, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology