Identifying and tracking mobile elements in evolving compost communities yields insights into the nanobiome
B. v. Dijk, A. Farr, P. Buffard, F. Giersdorf, J. Meijer, B. E. Dutilh, P. B. Rainey
The paper develops a bioinformatic pipeline to detect horizontal gene transfer in compost communities, revealing new mobile genetic elements and their ecological roles.
bioRxiv · Feb 2, 2023Microbiology