Comparative genomic analysis indicates that niche adaptation of terrestrial Flavobacteria is strongly linked to plant glycan metabolism.

As discussed above, comparative analysis of the two clades revealed significant differences in the allocation of carbohydrate-utilizing genes ( Figure 3A ), and highly significant overrepresentation of genes that degrade plant related carbohydrates such as xylose, arabinose and pectin in the terrestrial clade ( Figure 3B ).

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