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SUBMITTER: Konstantinidis KT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2747217 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Konstantinidis Konstantinos T KT Serres Margrethe H MH Romine Margaret F MF Rodrigues Jorge L M JL Auchtung Jennifer J McCue Lee-Ann LA Lipton Mary S MS Obraztsova Anna A Giometti Carol S CS Nealson Kenneth H KH Fredrickson James K JK Tiedje James M JM
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20090901 37
To what extent genotypic differences translate to phenotypic variation remains a poorly understood issue of paramount importance for several cornerstone concepts of microbiology including the species definition. Here, we take advantage of the completed genomic sequences, expressed proteomic profiles, and physiological studies of 10 closely related Shewanella strains and species to provide quantitative insights into this issue. Our analyses revealed that, despite extensive horizontal gene transfe ...[more]