Environmental stress and evolvability in microbial systems

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 5-10

  Baquero, F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic changes; Environment; Evolvability; Stress; Systems

Indexed keywords

CELL CLONE; CELL POPULATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTEGRON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 59649123181     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02677.x     Document Type: Review

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