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A complex path for domestication of B. subtilis sociality.
Current genetics - 1 Nov 2015
Pollak Shaul, Omer Bendori Shira, Eldar Avigdor
Abstract excerpt
Microorganisms adapt to the lab environment by eliminating unnecessary genetic systems. In Bacillus subtilis, such adaptation resulted in the lab strain being unable to form complex, matrix-associated structures known as biofilms. We recently showed that the ancestor of the lab strain, which is c...
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