Horizontal gene transfer and the evolution of bacterial and archaeal population structure
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It is hypothesized that subpopulations can evolve through local gene-exchange networks by tapping into a gene pool that is adaptive towards local, continuously changing organismic interactions and is, to a large degree, responsible for the observed rapid gene turnover.About:
This article is published in Trends in Genetics.The article was published on 2013-03-01 and is currently open access. It has received 375 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Ecological speciation & Horizontal gene transfer.read more
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Horizontal gene transfer: building the web of life.
TL;DR: How HGT has shaped the web of life is described using examples of HGT among prokaryotes, between proKaryotes and eukaryote, and even between multicellular eukaries, to discuss replacement and additive HGT.
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Specialized metabolites from the microbiome in health and disease
Gil Sharon,Neha Garg,Justine W. Debelius,Rob Knight,Rob Knight,Pieter C. Dorrestein,Pieter C. Dorrestein,Sarkis K. Mazmanian +7 more
TL;DR: It is proposed that the effects of specialized metabolites may explain present knowledge gaps in linking the gut microbiota to biological host mechanisms during initial colonization, and in health and disease.
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Fungal Traits That Drive Ecosystem Dynamics on Land
TL;DR: These relationships provide evidence for two functional groups: stress tolerators which may contribute to soil carbon accumulation via the production of recalcitrant compounds; and decomposers, which may reduce soil carbon stocks.
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Trait-based approaches for understanding microbial biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
Sascha Krause,Xavier Le Roux,Pascal A. Niklaus,Peter M. van Bodegom,Jay T. Lennon,Stefan Bertilsson,Hans-Peter Grossart,Hans-Peter Grossart,Laurent Philippot,Paul L. E. Bodelier +9 more
TL;DR: It is argued that combining eco-physiological studies with contemporary molecular tools in a trait-based framework can reinforce the ability to link microbial diversity to ecosystem processes and thus generate systematic principles in microbial ecology and more generally ecology.
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tRNAscan-SE 2.0: improved detection and functional classification of transfer RNA genes.
TL;DR: al. as discussed by the authors employ a comparative multi-model strategy where predicted tRNAs are scored against a full set of isotype-specific covariance models, allowing functional prediction based on both the anticodon and the highest-scoring isotype model.
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