Carbon source utilization patterns of Bacillus simplex ecotypes do not reflect their adaptation to ecologically divergent slopes in 'Evolution Canyon', Israel

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-44

  Sikorski, Johannes ^a   Pukall, Rüdiger ^a   Stackebrandt, Erko ^a  

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

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bacillus simplex; Evolution Canyon; Microevolution; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOTYPE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NUTRIENT USE; PHYLOGENETICS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS SIMPLEX; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ECOTYPE; ISRAEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BACILLUS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GEOGRAPHY; ISRAEL; MICROCLIMATE; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ASIA; EURASIA; EVOLUTION CANYON; HAIFA [ISRAEL]; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; MOUNT CARMEL;

BACILLUS SIMPLEX; SANDFLY FEVER SICILIAN VIRUS;

EID: 51649118912     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00574.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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