Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Tradeoffs between phage resistance and nitrogen fixation drive the evolution of genes essential for cyanobacterial heterocyst functionality
D. Kolan, E. Cattan-Tsaushu, H. Enav…·S. Avrani
The paper investigates the tradeoff between phage resistance and nitrogen fixation in diazotrophic cyanobacteria, identifying mutations and evolutionary mechanisms affecting heterocyst function.
DOI 10.1093/ismejo/wrad008