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Apparent generalism in <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> is underpinned by Convergent, Cryptic Specialization

2026-05-16

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Microbes that span environmental reservoirs and diverse human infections are often described as generalists or as ubiquitous, yet ecological theory predicts generalism should be unstable when specialists outperform within any one niche. Here we show that Pseudomonas aeruginosa ’s apparent ecological breadth reflects convergent, cryptic specialism (CCS) – repeatable, environment-linked genomic differentiation that...

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Literature Corpus work: 07187624-9d43-55c2-bce0-173052702ae3
DOI: 10.64898/2026.05.15.725152

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