Hybridization breaks species barriers in long-term coevolution of a cyanobacterial population
Gabriel Birzu, Harihara Subrahmaniam Muralidharan, Danielle Goudeau, Rex R Malmstrom, Daniel S Fisher, Devaki Bhaya, Detlef Weigel, Gabriel Birzu, Harihara Subrahmaniam Muralidharan, Danielle Goudeau, Rex R Malmstrom, Daniel S Fisher, Devaki Bhaya · 2025
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Gabriel Birzu and co-authors watch bacterial species swap genes across their borders in this 2025 study. Bacteria trade DNA often, yet species stay distinct. Ecology was thought to fence species off for good.
Cyanobacteria in Yellowstone hot springs have shared springs for hundreds of thousands of years, a natural long-term experiment. Over 300 single-cell genomes showed each species still forms its own cluster. Yet much of the variety inside each species came from cross-species mixing driven by selection. The fences leak, and the leaks shape evolution. The finding recasts how microbial species hold together over deep time.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Gabriel Birzu, Harihara Subrahmaniam Muralidharan, Danielle Goudeau, Rex R Malmstrom, Daniel S Fisher, Devaki Bhaya, Detlef Weigel, Gabriel Birzu, Harihara Subrahmaniam Muralidharan, Danielle Goudeau, Rex R Malmstrom, Daniel S Fisher, Devaki Bhaya |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 91 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |