Biofilm diversity as a test of the insurance hypothesis

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2815-2816

  Cooper, Tim F ^a   Beaumont, H J E ^a   Rainey, P B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECA PROTEIN;

AUXOTROPHIC MUTANT; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOFILM; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RANDOMIZATION; STRESS;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 24944471460     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28026-0     Document Type: Note

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