MicrobiologyBMC GenomicsPeer-reviewed
Adaptation to a host-associated lifestyle drives convergent loss of flagellar motility in Pseudomonadota
Roberto Siani, Caroline Gutjahr, Michael Schloter
The paper shows host-associated bacteria lose flagellar genes more than free-living ones, with little compensation from horizontal gene transfer.
DOI 10.1186/s12864-026-12835-3