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| Title |
Rapidly evolving CRISPRs implicated in acquired resistance of microorganisms to viruses
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Environmental Microbiology, September 2007
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| DOI | 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01444.x |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Gene W. Tyson, Jillian F. Banfield |
| Abstract |
Recent experimental evidence has demonstrated that bacteria acquire resistance to viruses by incorporation of short transcribed nucleotide sequences into regions of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR). We have analysed community genomic data from acidophilic microbial biofilms and discovered that evolution of the CRISPR regions in two distinct Leptospirillum group II bacteria occurs fast enough to promote individuality in otherwise nearly clonal populations. Comparative genomics strongly indicates very recent lateral transfer of the CRISPR locus between these populations, followed by significant loss of spacer sequences and locus expansion by unidirectional heterogeneous addition of new spacer sequences. Diversification of the CRISPR region is inferred to be a population-level response to the rapidly changing selective pressure of phage predation. Results reinforce the importance of phage-host interactions in shaping microbial ecology and evolution over very short time scales. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 347 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 6% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| Denmark | 2 | <1% |
| Japan | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 312 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 92 | 27% |
| Researcher | 63 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 36 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 33 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 22 | 6% |
| Other | 57 | 16% |
| Unknown | 44 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 159 | 46% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 58 | 17% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 17 | 5% |
| Environmental Science | 12 | 3% |
| Computer Science | 8 | 2% |
| Other | 38 | 11% |
| Unknown | 55 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 30. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 April 2021.
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#2,477
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#2
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