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Rapid Evolution of Citrate Utilization by Escherichia coli by Direct Selection Requires citT and dctA.
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The group collectively celebrates the study as evidence of rapid evolution, with examples such as references to gene activation within 12 generations and debates questioning old assumptions about mutation gains. The tone combines scientific curiosity with enthusiasm, highlighting the significance of experimental confirmation and challenging outdated theories.
Most discussions agree that the findings demonstrate rapid bacterial evolution, supporting the study’s conclusions about genetic mutations enabling citrate utilization.
Participants show high enthusiasm, referencing complex genetic mechanisms and emphasizing significant implications for microbial evolution research.
Users actively debate methods, results, and implications, with many providing detailed examples and citing specific mutations like citT and dctA.
The discussions suggest the findings are considered highly impactful, challenging traditional views on mutation constraints and demonstrating experimental reproducibility and significance.
Abstract in brief
- The study shows that Escherichia coli can rapidly evolve the ability to utilize citrate aerobically through a series of genetic mutations, particularly involving citT and dctABR, with mutations appearing as quickly as 12 generations.
- This evolution process involves potentiation, actualization, and refinement mutations, which were confirmed through genome sequencing and functional tests, leading to mutants that can grow on citrate in minimal media.
- The findings imply that adaptive mutations like citT activation are critical in bacterial metabolic innovation and can occur repeatedly and rapidly under selective pressure, contributing to microbial evolution and potential speciation.]
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Most liked on X and Bluesky@King0fRoaches @paulogia0 Just because you don't understand the evidence doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Even if you pull the "it's still bacteria" card micro evolution can be shown (except it is actually macro evolution). Yet were still waiting on micro-god proof. https://t.co/14zxFTwkqJ
A 2016 peer-reviewed study in the Journal of Bacteriology, “Rapid Evolution of Citrate Utilization by Escherichia coli by Direct Selection Requires citT and dctA,” co-authored by Dustin Van Hofwegen and biologists Scott Minnich and Carolyn Hovde, witnessed the same trait arise in https://t.co/ShNRiLvfLj
(22) تجربة لينسكي R. Lenski E. coli long-term evolution experiment لإثبات تطور البكتريا الى نوع جديد لم يتم اثبات فيها أي تطور معلوماتي في الشفرة الوراثية المصدر Rapid Evolution of Citrate Utilization by Escherichia coli by Direct Selection Requires citT and dctA https://t.co/HnDfuWZD0t
Following this paper to ferret out the exact mutations and order primers or whole resynth of the two genes responsible. Sweet and Sour Ecoli was not on my 2024 bingo card... https://t.co/iWV69tlZFS
@SDAFS56788141 @randomizer88996 @FiendInno @RossGilroy @MilesMosley6662 @JMIglesias7 @JustUnderReal @MucusMucous1 @brisco_0317 @hoothathuh @giddy_bunny @michellewither6 @Raven4212 @Wantmy2dollars_ @magicaltime123 @StillDizzy2 @EMNODAERTTONOD @TW175663056 @Vickie627 @enitas13 @NHoomans @BagORichards @Emperor_Mollari @horusrage @basil_ireton @Krispi_Largo @MindfulDamage @mirandaisrisen @TJMair @OnlyaMoment3 @RachelT921 @ScientiaPercept @TertiusIV @ViewVictory2024 @Wolfpak561 @KenWali1 Read the publication: https://t.co/gMI7CxKboR
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Long-Term Bacteria Evolution: Insights from a 37-Year Study
The LongTerm Ecoli Evolution Experiment explores what happens to Ecoli when grown indefinitely, revealing how genetic mutations like citT and dctA enable rapid adaptation and metabolic innovation in bacteria.
@SDAFS56788141 @randomizer88996 @FiendInno @RossGilroy @MilesMosley6662 @JMIglesias7 @JustUnderReal @MucusMucous1 @brisco_0317 @hoothathuh @giddy_bunny @michellewither6 @Raven4212 @Wantmy2dollars_ @magicaltime123 @StillDizzy2 @EMNODAERTTONOD @TW175663056 @Vickie627 @enitas13 @NHoomans @BagORichards @Emperor_Mollari @horusrage @basil_ireton @Krispi_Largo @MindfulDamage @mirandaisrisen @TJMair @OnlyaMoment3 @RachelT921 @ScientiaPercept @TertiusIV @ViewVictory2024 @Wolfpak561 @KenWali1 Read the publication: https://t.co/gMI7CxKboR
RT @DivinelyDesined: A 2016 peer-reviewed study in the Journal of Bacteriology, “Rapid Evolution of Citrate Utilization by Escherichia coli…
A 2016 peer-reviewed study in the Journal of Bacteriology, “Rapid Evolution of Citrate Utilization by Escherichia coli by Direct Selection Requires citT and dctA,” co-authored by Dustin Van Hofwegen and biologists Scott Minnich and Carolyn Hovde, witnessed the same trait arise in https://t.co/ShNRiLvfLj
@theistmodern @OctoberFerguson @Lilith_Atheist https://t.co/IsxBYRlCXP
@theistmodern @OctoberFerguson @Lilith_Atheist https://t.co/IsxBYRlCXP
@Erik08624065 @_shimmerwolf_ 4. A more recent study sheds light on the mechanism whereby wild-derived ecoli can come to express this protein in aerobic environments within as few as 12 generations through common bacterial gene regulation processes. https://t.co/MmAEjrCHkS https://t.co/bkZWNj3BkB
@WardenCringe @KingofSkittles1 @Norse_Chieftain @RealHeavyDarok @Lilith_Atheist https://t.co/IsxBYRmaNn
@Ausbloke93 @onlychrispark https://t.co/ui05s8in64
@onlychrispark https://t.co/ui05s8iUVC
@Faktantarkast10 @PeterKonings7 @luisbaram Indeed. The citrate Metabolism , which is normally Switched off, was Switched on on the presence of Oxygen. It is a very easy to reach result as shown by others (not by our media). It preprogrammed Variation. https://t.co/KZ3E9fC4wZ
@AndyWesterson @bonsaibean @NotEvolution1 It doesn't work. Here have fun with this. https://t.co/ui05s8in64
@EMaxwell56 @Gutsick_Gibbon @Josh43E611 https://t.co/MecaZw9C1u So what does this support?
Following this paper to ferret out the exact mutations and order primers or whole resynth of the two genes responsible. Sweet and Sour Ecoli was not on my 2024 bingo card... https://t.co/iWV69tlZFS
@JasonTruth7 @JacksonWheat1 "Mutation doesn’t equal addition, it is either a linear scramble (as in corruption) or loss of information." False https://t.co/IsxBYRlCXP
@DANTEBALBOA1 @siriusandlucy @SentinelSam1 @NotEvolution1 "Species can lose information or modify it, but not gain it (70,000 generations of E. coli)." The LTEE disproves this completely https://t.co/IsxBYRlCXP
@downs1nthehouse @ArchLuminous @AdorablePodcast @ChrisHildabrant @penguinteamsix @A_Damned_mk2 @Wolfpak561 @Melanie33720945 @dirk_fasshauer @IngridIngwah @edielizzard1 @D1scoJerrys @Flaffenbam @SeamusOBrien42 @JHerbatov @MancSatanist @godrottdot1 @SPITSTER01 @LeeTWimberly @DemonFly666 @ScientiaPercept @GubbenPetterss1 @wpcguy @Cern_lXXl @kim_because @merhart2112 @TheRingmaster32 @Anticommiememes @impeachqueen @amItessOrNotLol @rubblebubb15764 @CryLeftists @NairbOtto @SecularSmurf @BrianNazarenus @DarkCowboyGod @Bumpalump99 @The_Real_BiM @WooWooSpaceJew @edgy_knife @zypisfy @Janetb172 @Cat_In_A_Box @TessFromWessex @Hedgewytch @Simple_Shaman @WondersNorbit @TheAverageNova @willsworldview @pray2pesci Did you mean: Rapid Evolution of Citrate Utilization by Escherichia coli by Direct Selection Requires citT and dctA
@RoblovesJC @jr230303 @BXMMA @JacksonWheat1 https://t.co/IsxBYRlCXP A literal example of evolution right here
@BigBLupo @JWaynoze @Paultheheretic This is for that stupid claim that mutations are never positive https://t.co/IsxBYRlCXP
@ApoloJedi_ @KellyPearsall3 "and mutations have only ever been observed to be degenerative or neutral," https://t.co/IsxBYRlCXP
@xFortune @tentaclenews @DiscoveryCSC Here check this out. https://t.co/KC52erDI4b
@John_3__16 @Ah_Science @NotEvolution1 @SimplyBriaRose @MrMacias712 https://t.co/IsxBYRlCXP You're just horribly uninformed then if you think it doesn't happen
@MathezarT @1karus_ @Alliste35661241 @Nervardia Start simple. Imagine you have several copies of a gene for some enzyme. But then one of the copies undergoes a mutation that allows you to metabolize something else, giving you an advantage. Something similar happened here: https://t.co/Nd9g6QUE1a
@NotEvolution1 @DorsetCouple @leroyb756 @25_cycle @TakeThatDarwin @edwin_klein @Swamprat143 @kungfuXander Evolution passes all of your criteria. Here is an example of an instance of evolution being observed, tested (via repetition), and Gould's "theory of contingency" being falsified: https://t.co/DPGhi7ENgf
@BenSBG777 @WildBulldozer @sm_ar_ta_ss @wendelltalks That's not what the study says: https://t.co/DPGhi7ENgf
@downs1nthehouse @TakeThatDarwin @DvdButler @horsepro001 @PnMuntergk @rantyskeptic @kayessdub @robjGoldberg @ZGoldenGrimlock @bcbiochemist @Phillip7711 @TJaytheist @carlbramhall @EricRaine11 @dan_cameron99 https://t.co/6mVsxdMGtB https://t.co/rkAuVOsIyx https://t.co/ZNnicp1zHA https://t.co/BtrSh8Cc61
@ZGoldenGrimlock @dan_cameron99 @Jae_N_1753 @TakeThatDarwin @CelticRover42 @ashleymwilcox yes it did. come back when you need me to define the big words Rapid Evolution of Citrate Utilization by Escherichia coli by Direct Selection Requires citT and dctA,Rapid Evolution of Citrate Utilization by Escherichia coli by Direct Selection Requires citT and dctA,
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@King0fRoaches @paulogia0 Just because you don't understand the evidence doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Even if you pull the "it's still bacteria" card micro evolution can be shown (except it is actually macro evolution). Yet were still waiting on micro-god proof. https://t.co/14zxFTwkqJ
@TJaytheist @TakeThatDarwin @Dalcassian11 @EronMain @razvalkin @kkhbro @jordanbpeterson So you think a photocopier does create new info? LOL On nylonase, your statement is at least 15yrs outdated. See: https://t.co/qf8yT5mkm3 The E. coli citrase claim is 6yrs outdated: https://t.co/4mLXuoBUoj
@PoCXSNDP @shinynix @CarlThePainter @paulogia0 https://t.co/ZS0Km5LC5l no, " Here we show why it probably was not a speciation event. Using similar media, 46 independent citrate-utilizing mutants were isolated in as few as 12 to 100 generations."
@PoCXSNDP @shinynix @CarlThePainter @paulogia0 Moreover Scott Minnich recreated this experiment and his team done it much faster, in weeks not decades. His conclusions were "No new genetic information (novel gene function) evolved." https://t.co/ptVxRB3ebI
(22) تجربة لينسكي R. Lenski E. coli long-term evolution experiment لإثبات تطور البكتريا الى نوع جديد لم يتم اثبات فيها أي تطور معلوماتي في الشفرة الوراثية المصدر Rapid Evolution of Citrate Utilization by Escherichia coli by Direct Selection Requires citT and dctA https://t.co/HnDfuWZD0t
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