Towards a conceptual and operational union of bacterial systematics, ecology, and evolution

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1475, 2006, Pages 1985-1996

  Cohan, Frederick M ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial diversity; Community phylogeny; Ecotype; Periodic selection; Species concept

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COEXISTENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ECOTYPE; EVOLUTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33751202973     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1918     Document Type: Conference Paper

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