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ArticleeLife2022

Host ecology regulates interspecies recombination in bacteria of the genus

Evangelos Mourkas, Koji Yahara, Sion C Bayliss, Jessica K Calland, Håkan Johansson, Leonardos Mageiros, Zilia Y Muñoz-Ramirez, Grant Futcher, Guillaume Méric, Matthew D Hitchings and 8 more

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Article in eLife, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 8 institutions in 5 countries.

Evangelos MourkasThe Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-7411-4743
Koji YaharaAntimicrobial Resistance Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4289-1115
Sion C BaylissThe Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-5997-2002
Jessica K CallandThe Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.
Håkan JohanssonCentre for Ecology and Evolution in Microbial Model Systems, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden.
Leonardos MageirosThe Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-0846-522X
Zilia Y Muñoz-RamirezUnidad de Investigacion en Enfermedades Infecciosas, UMAE Pediatria, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-8673-0191
Grant FutcherThe Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.
Guillaume MéricThe Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6288-9958
Matthew D HitchingsSwansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom.
Santiago Sandoval-MottaUnidad de Investigacion en Enfermedades Infecciosas, UMAE Pediatria, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico.
Javier TorresUnidad de Investigacion en Enfermedades Infecciosas, UMAE Pediatria, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-3945-4221
Keith A JolleyDepartment of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-0751-0287
Martin C J MaidenDepartment of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6321-5138
Patrik EllströmDepartment of Medical Sciences, Zoonosis Science Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Jonas WaldenströmCentre for Ecology and Evolution in Microbial Model Systems, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-1152-4235
Ben PascoeThe Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6376-5121
Samuel K SheppardThe Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6901-3203
University of Bath · GBMexican Social Security Institute · MXUniversity of Oxford · GBLinnaeus University · SEChiang Mai University · THNational Institute of Infectious Diseases · JPSwansea University · GBUppsala University · SE

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/L015080/1Medical Research Council MR/M501608/1Medical Research Council MR/V001213/2Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 088786/C/09/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) can allow traits that have evolved in one bacterial species to transfer to another. This has potential to rapidly promote new adaptive trajectories such as zoonotic transfer or antimicrobial resistance. However, for this to occur requires gaps to align in barriers to recombination within a given time frame. Chief among these barriers is the physical separation of species with distinct ecologies in separate niches. Within the genus

Indexed as

Anti-Infective AgentsCampylobacterAnimalsBacteriaBiological EvolutionGene Transfer, HorizontalPhylogenyAnti-Infective AgentsadaptationCampylobactercomputational biologyevolutiongeneticsgenomicsgenusnichesystems biology

Identifiers

PMID35191377
PMCPMC8912921
OpenAlexW4220943444

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