Ecological specialization in a spatially structured population of the thermophilic cyanobacterium mastigocladus laminosus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 729-734

  Miller, Scott R ^a   Williams, Carin ^a   Strong, Aaron L ^a,b   Carvey, Darla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; EVOLUTIONARY INNOVATIONS; GENETIC CHARACTERIZATIONS; GENETIC DIVERSITIES; GEOGRAPHIC STRUCTURES; IN-SITU; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; NATURAL POPULATIONS; NITROGEN METABOLISMS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATIONS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCES; TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; TEMPERATURE PERFORMANCE;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ECOLOGY;

CYANOBACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPE; SPECIALIZATION; SYMPATRY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMOPHILY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

MASTIGOCLADUS LAMINOSUS;

EID: 59649102236     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01901-08     Document Type: Article

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