University of Mississippi eGrove Faculty and Student Publications Biology 2-1-2019 Genome-scale fitness profile of Caulobacter crescentus grown in natural freshwater Kristy L. Hentchel University of Chicago Leila M. Reyes Ruiz University of Chicago Patrick D. Curtis University of Mississippi Aretha Fiebig University of Chicago Maureen L. Coleman University of Chicago See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/biology_facpubs Recommended Citation Hentchel, K. L., Reyes Ruiz, L. M., Curtis, P. D., Fiebig, A., Coleman, M. L., & Crosson, S. (2019). Genome- scale fitness profile of Caulobacter crescentus grown in natural freshwater. The ISME Journal, 13(2), 523–536. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0295-6 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Biology at eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty and Student Publications by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Authors Kristy L. Hentchel, Leila M. Reyes Ruiz, Patrick D. Curtis, Aretha Fiebig, Maureen L. Coleman, and Sean Crosson This article is available at eGrove: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/biology_facpubs/27 The ISME Journal (2019) 13:523–536 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0295-6 ARTICLE Genome-scale fitness profile of Caulobacter crescentus grown in natural freshwater 1 1 2 1 3 Kristy L. Hentchel ● Leila M. Reyes Ruiz ● Patrick D. Curtis ● Aretha Fiebig ● Maureen L. Coleman ● Sean Crosson 1 Received: 3 May 2018 / Revised: 18 September 2018 / Accepted: 21 September 2018 / Published online: 8 October 2018 © International Society for Microbial Ecology 2018 Abstract Bacterial genomes evolve in complex ecosystems and are best understood in this natural context, but replicating such conditions in the lab is challenging.