DNA methylation in Ensifer species during free-living growth and during nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with Medicago spp.
G. C. diCenzo, L. Cangioli, Q. Nicoud, J. H. T. Cheng, M. J. Blow, N. Shapiro, T. Woyke, E. G. Biondi, B. Alunni, A. Mengoni, P. Mergaert
The paper identifies DNA methylation patterns in Ensifer species during free-living growth and symbiosis, showing changes in GANTC motif methylation linked to cell cycle and differentiation.
bioRxiv · Mar 8, 2021Microbiology