Biosynthetic gene cluster profiling predicts the positive association between antagonism and phylogeny in Bacillus

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 1023 - 11
• Main Authors: Xia, Liming, Miao, Youzhi, Cao, A’li, Liu, Yan, Liu, Zihao, Sun, Xinli, Xue, Yansheng, Xu, Zhihui, Xun, Weibing, Shen, Qirong, Zhang, Nan, Zhang, Ruifu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 23.02.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 45/23; 45/43; 45/77; 631/158/855; 631/326/22; 631/326/2565; Antagonism; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Antibiotics; Bacillus; Bacillus - genetics; Biosynthetic Pathways - genetics; Competition; Correlation; Gene clusters; Genomes; Genomic analysis; Humanities and Social Sciences; Interference; Microorganisms; multidisciplinary; Multigene Family; Phenotypes; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Science; Science (multidisciplinary)

Understanding the driving forces and intrinsic mechanisms of microbial competition is a fundamental question in microbial ecology. Despite the well-established negative correlation between exploitation competition and phylogenetic distance, the process of interference competition that is exemplified...