Phage and bacteria support mutual diversity in a narrowing staircase of coexistence

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2317-2326

  Haerter, Jan O ^a   Mitarai, Namiko ^a   Sneppen, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

competitive exclusion; ecological networks; microbial diversity; phage bacteria coevolution; predator prey; red queen effect

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FITNESS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PARAMETERIZATION;

BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 84908222815     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.80     Document Type: Article

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