Populations under microevolutionary scrutiny: What will we gain?

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-5

  Sikorski, Johannes ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus simplex; Evolution Canyon; Evolutionary lineage; Intraspecies diversity; Microevolution; Species concept

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL FLORA; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTIC CELL; SHORT SURVEY; TAXONOMY; THEORY;

BACILLUS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; ISRAEL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

BACILLUS SIMPLEX; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 36348970645     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-007-0294-x     Document Type: Short Survey

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