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Genomic innovation through fragmentation and gene transfer underlies adaptation in pyrophilous bacteria
Ehsan Sari, Dylan J. Enright, Esbeiry S. Cordova-Ortiz…·Sydney I. Glassman
This study investigates genomic adaptations in pyrophilous bacteria after wildfires, finding gene fragmentation, horizontal gene transfer, and plasmid-mediated operon expansion enhance their ability to degrade PyOM and acquire nutrients.