Bacterial Niche-Specific Genome Expansion Is Coupled with Highly Frequent Gene Disruptions in Deep-Sea Sediments

• Yong Wang,

  Affiliations KAUST Global Collaborative Research, Division of Life Sciences, Hong Kong, University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China, Institute of Oceanography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China

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• Jiang Ke Yang,

  Affiliation KAUST Global Collaborative Research, Division of Life Sciences, Hong Kong, University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China

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• On On Lee,

  Affiliation KAUST Global Collaborative Research, Division of Life Sciences, Hong Kong, University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China

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• Tie Gang Li,

  Affiliation King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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• Abdulaziz Al-Suwailem,

  Affiliation King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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• Antoine Danchin,

  Affiliation AMAbiotics, SAS and CEA/Genoscope, Evry, France

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• Pei-Yuan Qian

  * E-mail: boqianpy@ust.hk

  Affiliation KAUST Global Collaborative Research, Division of Life Sciences, Hong Kong, University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China

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