Growth temperature and genome size in bacteria are negatively correlated, suggesting genomic streamlining during thermal adaptation

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 966-977

  Sabath, Niv ^a   Ferrada, Evandro ^b   Barve, Aditya ^c,d   Wagner, Andreas ^b,c,d  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Genome evolution; Streamlining; Thermophilic bacteria

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOME EVOLUTION; GENOME SIZE; HEAT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROKARYOTIC CELL; STREAMLINING; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIA;

GENOME EVOLUTION; STREAMLINING; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME SIZE; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84889591423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt050     Document Type: Article

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