Molecular mechanisms of bacterial adaptation have been studied by an experimental evolution strategy. Twelve populations have been founded from an ancestor strain of Escherichia coli and daily propagated in a glucose-minimum media for 20,000 generations. During the course of evolution, the fitness of all 12 populations increased by 70%. The aim of this work is to identify beneficial mutations responsible for this increase and to analyze them in order to understand the mechanisms of evolution. Beneficial mutations were found in two genes implicated in DNA supercoiling : fis, encoding a global regulator, and topA, encoding topoisomerase I, the enzyme responsible for DNA relaxation. The evolution is characterized by a high level of phenotypic ...
Mutation is fundamental to evolution, because it generates the genetic variation on which selection ...
Evolution is considered as the most fundamental process in biology, connecting all life by what is c...
Adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE) has emerged as a valuable method by which to investigate microbi...
Molecular mechanisms of bacterial adaptation have been studied by an experimental evolution strategy...
The molecular mechanisms of adaptation of Escherichia coli to a daily alternation between growth con...
DNA supercoiling is the master function that interconnects chromosome structure and global gene tran...
International audienceDNA supercoiling is the master function that interconnects chromosome structur...
DNA supercoiling, the level of over- or underwinding of the DNA molecule around itself, plays an imp...
Evolution has shaped all living organisms on Earth, although many details of this process are shroud...
This thesis focuses on experiments in bacterial evolution, with the aim to explore experimentally ho...
Abstract Background Twelve populations of E. coli were serially propagated for 20,000 generations in...
Adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE) has emerged as a valuable method by which to investigate microbi...
Adaptive diversification events that underly the diversity of the living world have been studied by ...
Bacteria replicate quickly enough that adaptive changes can be observed on a timescale of weeks to m...
Les mécanismes de l'adaptation des bactéries à leur environnement ont été étudiés par une stratégie ...
Mutation is fundamental to evolution, because it generates the genetic variation on which selection ...
Evolution is considered as the most fundamental process in biology, connecting all life by what is c...
Adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE) has emerged as a valuable method by which to investigate microbi...
Molecular mechanisms of bacterial adaptation have been studied by an experimental evolution strategy...
The molecular mechanisms of adaptation of Escherichia coli to a daily alternation between growth con...
DNA supercoiling is the master function that interconnects chromosome structure and global gene tran...
International audienceDNA supercoiling is the master function that interconnects chromosome structur...
DNA supercoiling, the level of over- or underwinding of the DNA molecule around itself, plays an imp...
Evolution has shaped all living organisms on Earth, although many details of this process are shroud...
This thesis focuses on experiments in bacterial evolution, with the aim to explore experimentally ho...
Abstract Background Twelve populations of E. coli were serially propagated for 20,000 generations in...
Adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE) has emerged as a valuable method by which to investigate microbi...
Adaptive diversification events that underly the diversity of the living world have been studied by ...
Bacteria replicate quickly enough that adaptive changes can be observed on a timescale of weeks to m...
Les mécanismes de l'adaptation des bactéries à leur environnement ont été étudiés par une stratégie ...
Mutation is fundamental to evolution, because it generates the genetic variation on which selection ...
Evolution is considered as the most fundamental process in biology, connecting all life by what is c...
Adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE) has emerged as a valuable method by which to investigate microbi...