Structured Populations of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius with Susceptibility to Mobile Genetic Elements.

ABSTRACT: The impact of a structured environment on genome evolution can be determined through comparative population genomics of species that live in the same habitat. Recent work comparing three genome sequences of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius suggested that highly structured, extreme, hot spring environments do not limit dispersal of this thermoacidophile, in contrast to other co-occurring Sulfolobus species. Instead, a high level of conservation among these three S. acidocaldarius genomes was hypothesized to result from rapid, global-scale dispersal promoted by low susceptibility to viruses that sets S. acidocaldarius apart from its sister Sulfolobus species. To test this hypothesis, we conducted a comparative analysis of 47 genomes of S. acidocaldarius from spatial and temporal sampling of two hot

SUBMITTER: Anderson RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5554439 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature