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The type III-B CRISPR-Cas System Affects Energy Metabolism and Adaptation in the Archaeon Saccharolobus solfataricus
Erika Wimmer, Logan H. Hodgskiss, Melina Kerou…·Christa Schleper
This study shows that deleting the type III-B CRISPR-Cas system in Saccharolobus solfataricus increases growth rate but reduces adaptability to carbon source changes, with upregulated genes related to energy metabolism and transport.