Gradual evolution in bacteria: Evidence from Bacillus systematics

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3565-3573

  Feldgarden, Michael ^a,b   Byrd, Noah ^a,c   Cohan, Frederick M ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS MOJAVENSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS AND COCCI; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOSS; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS MOJAVENSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0347513215     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26457-0     Document Type: Article

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