Author
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CHOUDOIR, MALLORY - University Of Colorado |
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Panke-Buisse, Kevin |
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ANDAM, CHERYL - University Of New Hampshire |
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BUCKLEY, DANIEL - Cornell University |
Submitted to: Trends in Microbiology
Publication Type: Review Article Publication Acceptance Date: 2/10/2017 Publication Date: 3/7/2017 Citation: Choudoir, M.J., Panke-Buisse, K., Andam, C., Buckley, D.H. 2017. Genome surfing as driver of microbial genomic diversity. Trends in Microbiology. 25(8):624-636. Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: Historical changes in population size, such as those caused by demographic range expansions, can produce nonadaptive changes in genomic diversity through mechanisms such as gene surfing. We propose that demographic range expansion of a microbial population capable of horizontal gene exchange can result in genome surfing, a mechanism that can cause a widespread increase in the pan-genome frequency of genes acquired by horizontal gene exchange. We explain that patterns of genetic diversity within Streptomyces are consistent with genome surfing, and we describe several predictions for testing this hypothesis, both in Streptomyces and in other microorganisms. |