The α-proteobacteria: The Darwin finches of the bacterial world

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 429-432

  Ettema, Thijs J G ^a   Andersson, Siv G E ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bacterial genomes; Expansion; Genomic islands; Reduction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENOMICS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT QUALITY; LIFESTYLE; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOLOGY; FINCH; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME SIZE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRINGILLIDAE; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 67649118279     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0793     Document Type: Article

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