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Metabolic modelling reveals the specialization of secondary replicons for niche adaptation in Sinorhizobium meliloti.
Nature communications - 22 Jul 2016
diCenzo George C, Checcucci Alice, Bazzicalupo Marco, Mengoni Alessio, Viti Carlo, Dziewit Lukasz, Finan Turlough M, Galardini Marco, Fondi Marco
Abstract excerpt
The genome of about 10% of bacterial species is divided among two or more large chromosome-sized replicons. The contribution of each replicon to the microbial life cycle (for example, environmental adaptations and/or niche switching) remains unclear. Here we report a genome-scale metabolic model of the legume symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti that is integrated with carbon utilization data for 1,500 genes with 192...
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