Ecological strategies and fitness tradeoffs in Escherichia coli mutants adapted to prolonged starvation

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-49

  Vasi, Farida K ^a   Lenski, Richard E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; GASP phenotype; Mortality; Selection; Starvation; Tradeoffs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033442083     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02994702     Document Type: Article

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