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Thus, when lineages make the transition from potentially free-living lifestyles to obligately host-associated ones, genome reduction ensues.
The two free-living bacteria with small genomes, the hyperthermophiles A. aeolicus and T. maritima, did not join either the free-living or the parasitic bacterial cluster, despite their small number of genes similar to that in bacterial parasites (Fig.
It was suggested [ 3 ] that acquisition of these new functions (either by symbiosis or HGT) permitted previously free-living nematodes to expand their range into a new ecological niche (the plant) as a prelude to speciation into parasitic forms.
Another intriguing problem is how the worms acquire their endosymbionts, which appear to be taken up from the environment—but so far have not been detected as free-living forms.
PEVE is the first viral element identified in free-living flatworms.