Horizontal Gene Transfer and Ecosystem Function Dynamics

Horizontal gene transfer can provide bacteria with new functions that confer an important competitive advantage, and is therefore likely to affect the dynamics of bacterial ecosystems. Two studies by Wolfe et al. and Bonham et al. prepare the way to study this hypothesis in a model ecosystem with re...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Trends in microbiology (Regular ed.) 2017-09, Vol.25 (9), p.699-700
1. Verfasser:	van de Guchte, Maarten
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacteria Bacteria - genetics DNA, Bacterial dynamics Ecological function Ecosystem Ecosystems Gene transfer Gene Transfer, Horizontal Genome, Bacterial horizontal gene transfer Life Sciences Models, Genetic Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies
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Zusammenfassung:	Horizontal gene transfer can provide bacteria with new functions that confer an important competitive advantage, and is therefore likely to affect the dynamics of bacterial ecosystems. Two studies by Wolfe et al. and Bonham et al. prepare the way to study this hypothesis in a model ecosystem with reproducible properties.
ISSN:	0966-842X 1878-4380
DOI:	10.1016/j.tim.2017.07.002