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SUBMITTER: Aras RA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC263856 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aras Rahul A RA Kang Josephine J Tschumi Ariane I AI Harasaki Yasuaki Y Blaser Martin J MJ
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20031030 23
Prokaryotic genomes are substantially diverse, even when from closely related species, with the resulting phenotypic diversity representing a repertoire of adaptations to specific constraints. Within the microbial population, genome content may not be fixed, as changing selective forces favor particular phenotypes; however, organisms well adapted to particular niches may have evolved mechanisms to facilitate such plasticity. The highly diverse Helicobacter pylori is a model for studying genome p ...[more]