现象类型变异的分子基础,源于Pseudoalteromonas lipolytica突变者

Zhenshun Zeng1, Jiayu Gu2,3, Shituan Lin2,3

  • 1Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, PR China.

Microbial genomics
|October 18, 2023
PubMed
概括

缺少mutS基因的Pseudoalteromonas lipolytica中的突变菌株显示出抗生素耐药性增加和各种表型,如增强的生物膜形成. 这突出了突变驱动的进化和海洋细菌的遗传多样化.

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