Frequency-dependent advantages of plasmid carriage by Pseudomonas in homogeneous and spatially structured environments

ISME Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-95

  Ellis, Richard J ^a   Lilley, Andrew K ^b,c   Lacey, Samantha J ^a,b   Murrell, David ^a,d   Godfray, H Charles J ^a,e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Conjugation; Frequency dependence; Mutually beneficial; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; MERCURY; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 34248206797     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2007.11     Document Type: Article

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