Santa Rosalia revisited: Why are there so many species of bacteria?

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-33

  Dykhuizen, Daniel E ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial species diversity; DNA hybridization; Experimental evolution; Speciation; Species definitions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031981808     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000665216662     Document Type: Conference Paper

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