Tests of ecological mechanisms promoting the stable coexistence of two bacterial genotypes

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2119-2129

  Turner, Paul E ^a,c   Souza, Valeria ^b   Lenski, Richard E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Coexistence; Competition; Cross feeding; Demographic trade off; Escherichia coli; Frequency dependent selection; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COEXISTENCE; GLUCOSE; TRADE-OFF;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030427959     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265706     Document Type: Article

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