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Environmental drivers of a microbial genomic transition zone in the ocean's interior.
Nature microbiology - 1 Oct 2017
Mende Daniel R, Bryant Jessica A, Aylward Frank O, Eppley John M, Nielsen Torben, Karl David M, DeLong Edward F
Abstract excerpt
The core properties of microbial genomes, including GC content and genome size, are known to vary widely among different bacteria and archaea 1,2 . Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain this genomic variability, but the fundamental drivers that shape bacterial and archaeal genomic properties remain uncertain 3-7 . Here, we report the existence of a sharp genomic transition zone below the photic zone,...
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