MicrobiologybioRxiv
Horizontal Transfers and Gene Losses in the phospholipid pathway of Bartonella reveal clues about early ecological niches
Qiyun Zhu, Michael Kosoy, Kevin J Olival, Katharina Dittmar
The paper analyzes horizontal gene transfers and gene losses in the phospholipid pathway of Bartonella genomes to infer their early ecological niches and host associations.
DOI 10.1093/gbe/evu169