Booth, Ian R.Miller, SamanthaMueller, AxelLehtovirta-Morley, Laura2015-11-042015-11-042015-03Booth, I R, Miller, S, Mueller, A & Lehtovirta-Morley, L 2015, 'The evolution of bacterial mechanosensitive channels', Cell Calcium, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 140-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceca.2014.12.0110143-4160ORCID: /0000-0002-8223-9693/work/76974574http://hdl.handle.net/2164/5157Acknowledgements IRB is funded by a Leverhulme Emeritus Research Fellowship and a CEMI research grant from Caltech. IRB and SM are funded by a WT Programme Grant (092552/A/10/Z). LL is funded by a NERC grant to Professors J.I. Prosser and G. Nicol (NE/I027835/1). AM is funded by a NIH Director's Pioneer Award (Grant 1DP1OD008304-01) to Bill Clemons (Caltech). The authors wish to thank Suzi Black, Jessica Ricci, Cai Neubauer, Megan Bergkessel, Dianne Newman, Rob Phillips, Doug Rees and Bill Clemons and other members of the Miller, Newman, Naismith and Conway labs for their stimulating conversations. IRB, SM and LL would like to thank Jim Prosser and Graeme Nicol (University of Aberdeen) for encouraging LL to take part in this project and Bill Clemons (Caltech) for the participation of AM.112097961engmechanosensitive channelsMscSMscLgene syntenypotassium channelsammonia-oxidizing archaeongated sodium-channelescherichia-coli MSCSFrancisco Bay Estuarydraft genome sequenceof-function mutationscrystal-structurebacillus-subtilisosmotic downshockpotassium channelR MedicineNatural Environment Research Council (NERC)NE/I027835/1Wellcome Trust092552/A/10/ZRJournal item10.1016/j.ceca.2014.12.011573