TY - JOUR
T1 - Reductive evolution and genomic reduction in Rhodopseudomonas
AU - Gallagher, Brian M.
AU - Morrison, Hailee M.
AU - Bose, Arpita
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2025 Gallagher et al.
PY - 2025/8
Y1 - 2025/8
N2 - Rhodopseudomonas palustris is renowned for its metabolic versatility, supported by a genome that contains pathways for numerous processes. In a recent study, Oda et al. (Appl Environ Microbiol 91:e02056-24, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02056-24) examine R. palustris DSM127, a strain with a dramatically reduced gene inventory, to study how environmental pressures have influenced gene loss. Missing more than a quarter of its genome reduces its versatility. However, it may improve its efficiency under the conditions in which it still thrives, enhancing its aptitude as a chassis for biotechnology.
AB - Rhodopseudomonas palustris is renowned for its metabolic versatility, supported by a genome that contains pathways for numerous processes. In a recent study, Oda et al. (Appl Environ Microbiol 91:e02056-24, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02056-24) examine R. palustris DSM127, a strain with a dramatically reduced gene inventory, to study how environmental pressures have influenced gene loss. Missing more than a quarter of its genome reduces its versatility. However, it may improve its efficiency under the conditions in which it still thrives, enhancing its aptitude as a chassis for biotechnology.
KW - genome reduction
KW - Rhodopseudomonas
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105013815652
U2 - 10.1128/aem.00445-25
DO - 10.1128/aem.00445-25
M3 - Review article
C2 - 40742113
AN - SCOPUS:105013815652
SN - 0099-2240
VL - 91
JO - Applied and Environmental Microbiology
JF - Applied and Environmental Microbiology
IS - 8
ER -