Selection-Driven Accumulation of Suppressor Mutants in Bacillus subtilis: The Apparent High Mutation Frequency of the Cryptic gudB Gene and the Rapid Clonal Expansion of gudB+ Suppressors Are Due to Growth under Selection

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Selection-Driven Accumulation of Suppressor Mutants in Bacillus subtilis: The Apparent High Mutation Frequency of the Cryptic gudB Gene and the Rapid Clonal Expansion of gudB⁺ Suppressors Are Due to Growth under Selection

Katrin Gunka,

Affiliation Department of General Microbiology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Lorena Stannek,

Affiliation Department of General Microbiology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Rachel A. Care,

Affiliation Department of General Microbiology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Fabian M. Commichau

* E-mail: fcommic1@gwdg.de

Affiliation Department of General Microbiology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Glutamate
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Bacillus subtilis
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Mutation
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Alleles
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Microbial mutation
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Suppressor genes
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