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Biological Impact of a Large Scale Genomic Inversion that Grossly Disrupts the Relative Positions of the Origin and Terminus Loci of the Streptococcus pyogenes Chromosome

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Esx Paralogs Are Functionally Equivalent to ESX-1 Proteins but Are Dispensable for Virulence in Mycobacterium marinum

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Transcriptional Regulation Buffers Gene Dosage Effects on a Highly Expressed Operon in Salmonella

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The last universal common ancestor between ancient Earth chemistry and the onset of genetics

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Fitness cost constrains the spectrum of marR mutations in ciprofloxacin-resistant Escherichia coli

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The Modern Synthesis in the Light of Microbial Genomics

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A Duplicated ESAT-6 Region of ESX-5 Is Involved in Protein Export and Virulence of Mycobacteria

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Engineered ribosomal RNA operon copy-number variants of E. coli reveal the evolutionary trade-offs shaping rRNA operon number

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The universal tree of life: an update

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Origins of a 350-Kilobase Genomic Duplication in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Its Impact on Virulence

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High Fitness Costs and Instability of Gene Duplications Reduce Rates of Evolution of New Genes by Duplication-Divergence Mechanisms

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Carl Woese's vision of cellular evolution and the domains of life

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Comprehensive Assignment of Roles for Salmonella Typhimurium Genes in Intestinal Colonization of Food-Producing Animals

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Gene Amplification and Adaptive Evolution in Bacteria

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Contribution of Gene Amplification to Evolution of Increased Antibiotic Resistance in Salmonella typhimurium

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Bacterial gene amplification: implications for the evolution of antibiotic resistance

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Dynamics of Genome Rearrangement in Bacterial Populations

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Asymmetry of Chromosome Replichores Renders the DNA Translocase Activity of FtsK Essential for Cell Division and Cell Shape Maintenance in Escherichia coli

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Okenane, a biomarker for purple sulfur bacteria (Chromatiaceae), and other new carotenoid derivatives from the 1640Ma Barney Creek Formation

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