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Bacterial genomics of plant adaptation

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What allows bacteria, both pathogens and mutualists alike, to survive in close association with a eukaryotic host? A new study performed a large-scale comparative genomics analysis to identify novel genetic and genomic traits that are enriched in plant-associated bacterial taxa.

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Fig. 1: Identification of bacterial genes that are enriched in the genomes of plant-associated microbes.

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    Ryan A. Melnyk & Cara H. Haney

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