Single mutation makes Escherichia coli an insect mutualist
R. Koga, M. Moriyama, N. Onodera-Tanifuji, Y. Ishii, H. Takai, M. Mizutani, K. Oguchi, R. Okura, S. Suzuki, Y. Goto, T. Hayashi, M. Seki, Y. Suzuki, Y. Nishide, T. Hosokawa, , T. Fukatsu
The paper shows that a single mutation in E. coli enables it to become an insect mutualist by disrupting carbon catabolite repression.
bioRxiv · Jan 26, 2022Evolutionary Biology