Michael Marceau

May 22, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Michael Marceau |David O'Callaghan |Sébastien Bontemps-Gallo |Robert J. Bastidas

Camille M. Riffaud, Elizabeth A. Rucks and Scot P. Ouellette*Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United StatesIn adapting to the intracellular niche, obligate intracellular bacteria usually undergo a reduction of genome size by eliminating genes not needed for intracellular survival. These losses can include, for example, genes involved in nutrient anabolic pathways or in stress response.