An experimental evolution study shows that selection of a marine bacterium by warming favours adaptations that facilitate growth at low oxygen concentrations, linking evolutionary responses to these two key components of climate change in the ocean.
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Hutchins, D.A. Adapt to warming and catch your breath. Nat Microbiol 3, 973–974 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-018-0228-1
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