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Bacteria express a remarkable diversity of life cycles, but studying the organization and evolution of these cycles remains a challenge. Analysis in the phylogenetic group of the Bacilli reveals the modular organization of their life cycle and its evolutionary consequences.

Van Gestel et al. Microbial life cycles link global modularity in regulation to mosaic evolution. Nat. Ecol. Evol. 3 1184-1196 (2019).