Long term study shows bacteria continue to show sustained fitness in unchanging environment

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers working on Michigan State University's Long-Term Evolution Experiment (LTEE) has found that even after nearly thirty years living in an unchanging environment, generations of Escherichia coli continue to show improvements in fitness. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the team describes the nature of their long term experiment and their surprise at the continual evolution of the simple bacteria.

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