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Title: Molecular Evolutionary Dynamics of Energy Limited MicroorganismsAuthors: William R. Shoemaker, Evgeniya Polezhaeva, Kenzie B. Givens, and Jay T. LennonCitation: Shoemaker, W. R., Polezhaeva, E., Givens, K. B., & Lennon, J. T. (2021). Molecular Evolutionary Dynamics of Energy Limited Microorganisms. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38(10), 4532–4545.Link to article
Title: The diversity of Shine-Dalgarno sequences sheds light on the evolution of translation initiationAuthors: Jin-Der Wen, Syue-Ting Kuo, and Hsin-Hung David Chou.Citation: Wen, J.-D., Kuo, S.-T., & Chou, H.-H. D. (2021). The diversity of Shine-Dalgarno sequences sheds light on the evolution of translation initiation. RNA Biology, 18(11), 1489–1500.Link to article
Title: Incipient genome erosion and metabolic streamlining for antibiotic production in a defensive symbiontAuthors: Taras Y. Nechitaylo, Mario Sandoval-Calderónb\, Tobias Engl, Natalie Wielsch, Diane M. Dunne, Alexander Goesmann, Erhard Strohm, Aleš Svatoš, Colin Dale, Robert B. Weiss, and Martin KaltenpothCitation: Nechitaylo, T. Y., Sandoval-Calderón, M., Engl, T., Wielsch, N., Dunn, D. M., Goesmann, A., Strohm, E., Svatoš, A., Dale, C., Weiss, R. B., & Kaltenpoth, M. (2021). Incipient genome erosion and metabolic streamlining for antibiotic production in a defensive symbiont. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(17). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2023047118Link to articledefensive symbiosis|protective mutualism|genome erosion|pseudogenization|Streptomyces
Title: Pervasive translation in Mycobacterium tuberculosisAuthors: Carol Smith, Jill G Canestrari, Archer J Wang, Matthew M Champion, Keith M Derbyshire, Todd A Gray, Joseph T Wade.Citation: Smith, C., Canestrari, J. G., Wang, A. J., Champion, M. M., Derbyshire, K. M., Gray, T. A., & Wade, J. T. (2022). Pervasive translation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. eLife, 11. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.73980Link to article