Experimental studies on the ecological role of antibiotic production in bacteria

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 405-421

  Wiener, Pamela ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antibiotics; resource competition; soil bacteria; spatial structure; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; RESOURCE COMPETITION; SOIL BACTERIA; SPATIAL STRUCTURE;

STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS;

EID: 0029659637     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01237726     Document Type: Article

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