The number of ribosomal operons in bacterial genomes correlates with both growth rate and carbon use efficiency, likely via proteome allocation trade-offs, providing clues into how microbial communities are structured to make best use of available nutrients.
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Polz, M., Cordero, O. Bacterial evolution: Genomics of metabolic trade-offs. Nat Microbiol 1, 16181 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.181
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