Frequent beneficial mutations during single-colony serial transfer of streptococcus pneumoniae

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Stevens, Kathleen E ^a   Sebert, Michael E ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ADAPTATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MUTATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FREQUENCY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MUTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 80052341903     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002232     Document Type: Article

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