Reposted by Diego J. Comerci
We just published a short comm in wich we show that highly similar Brucella showing almost identical genomes (ANI>99.5) may display 6-fold differences in growth.
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We will soon publish a much developed story on genome parameters controlling Brucella growth!
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Closely Related Brucella Species Widely Differ in their Vegetative and Intracellular Growth - Current Microbiology
Growth rate is a key prokaryotic trait that allows for estimating fitness and understanding cell metabolism. While it has been well studied in model organisms, there is limited data on slow-growing ba...