Importance of Mobile Genetic Element Immunity in Numerically Abundant Trichodesmium Clades
E. A. Webb, N. Held, Y. Zhao, E. Graham, A. E. Conover, J. Semones, M. D. Lee, Y. Feng, M. A. Saito, D. A. Hutchins
This paper identifies CRISPR-Cas immunity in Trichodesmium thiebautii as a factor contributing to its numerical dominance over T. erythraeum in oceanic nitrogen fixation.
bioRxiv · Apr 20, 2022Microbiology