Mutualism breakdown underpins evolutionary rescue in an obligate cross-feeding bacterial consortium

Abstract Populations facing lethal environmental change can escape extinction through rapid genetic adaptation, a process known as evolutionary rescue. Despite extensive study, evolutionary rescue is largely unexplored in mutualistic communities, where it is likely constrained by the less adaptable...

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Main Authors: Ignacio J. Melero-Jiménez, Yael Sorokin, Ami Merlin, Jiawei Li, Alejandro Couce, Jonathan Friedman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58742-1
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