Autonomous University of Barcelona: Less is More - Gene Loss Drives Adaptive Evolution of a Pandemic Bacteria
September 02, 2025
September 02, 2025
BARCELONA, Spain, Sept. 2 (TNSjou) -- The Autonomous University of Barcelona issued the following news:
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Less is more: gene loss drives adaptive evolution of a pandemic bacteria
In a study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution which included the involvement of UAB Professor Jaime Martinez Urtaza, researchers discovered that losing genes rather than gaining them can favor the expansion of a bacteria present in the ocean that causes serious infecti . . .
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Less is more: gene loss drives adaptive evolution of a pandemic bacteria
In a study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution which included the involvement of UAB Professor Jaime Martinez Urtaza, researchers discovered that losing genes rather than gaining them can favor the expansion of a bacteria present in the ocean that causes serious infecti . . .