A neutral process of genome reduction in marine bacterioplankton
X. Wang, M. Xie, K. E. Y. K. Ho, Y. Sun, X. Chu, S. Zhang, V. Ringel, H. Wang, X.-H. Zhang, Z. Shao, Y. Zhao, T. Brinkhoff, J. Petersen, I. Wagner-Döbler, H. Luo
The paper investigates genome reduction in marine bacterioplankton, finding that neutral processes like genetic drift, not streamlining selection, drive genome size reduction in the Roseobacter group.
bioRxiv · Feb 4, 2024 · PreprintMicrobiology