PANGENOMICS ANALYSIS REVEALS DIVERSIFICATION OF ENZYME FAMILIES AND NICHE SPECIALIZATION IN GLOBALLY ABUNDANT SAR202 BACTERIA

Pangenomics Analysis Reveals Diversification of Enzyme Families and Niche Specialization in Globally Abundant SAR202 Bacteria

ABSTRACT It has been hypothesized that the abundant heterotrophic ocean bacterioplankton in the SAR202 clade of the phylum Chloroflexi evolved specialized metabolisms for the oxidation of organic compounds that are resistant to microbial degradation via common metabolic pathways.Expansions of paralogous enzymes were reported and implicated in hypot

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