Increased Biosynthetic Gene Dosage in a Genome-Reduced Defensive Bacterial Symbiont

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Secondary metabolites, which are small-molecule organic compounds produced by living organisms, provide or inspire drugs for many different diseases. These natural products have evolved over millions of years to provide a survival benefit to the producing organism and often display potent biological activity with important therapeutic applications. For instance, defensive compounds in the environment may be...

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