A molecular study of microbe transfer between distant environments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Hooper, Sean D ^a   Raes, Jeroen ^b   Foerstner, Konrad U ^b   Harrington, Eoghan D ^b   Dalevi, Daniel ^c   Bork, Peer ^b  

^a DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HABITAT SELECTION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 50249091464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002607     Document Type: Article

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