Azospirillum Genomes Reveal Transition of Bacteria from Aquatic to Terrestrial Environments

Azospirillum Genomes Reveal Transition of Bacteria from Aquatic to Terrestrial Environments

Fossil records indicate that life appeared in marine environments ∼3.5 billion years ago (Gyr) and transitioned to terrestrial ecosystems nearly 2.5 Gyr. Sequence analysis suggests that “hydrobacteria” and “terrabacteria” might have diverged as early as 3 Gyr. Bacteria of the genus Azospirillum are...

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Main Authors: Wisniewski-Dyé, Florence, Borziak, Kirill, Khalsa-Moyers, Gurusahai, Alexandre, Gladys, Sukharnikov, Leonid O., Wuichet, Kristin, Hurst, Gregory B., McDonald, W. Hayes, Robertson, Jon S., Barbe, Valérie, Calteau, Alexandra, Rouy, Zoé, Mangenot, Sophie, Prigent-Combaret, Claire, Normand, Philippe, Boyer, Mickaël, Siguier, Patricia, Dessaux, Yves, Elmerich, Claudine, Condemine, Guy, Krishnen, Ganisan, Kennedy, Ivan, Paterson, Andrew H., González, Victor, Mavingui, Patrick, Zhulin, Igor B.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3245306/

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