Restriction modification systems as engines of diversity

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue JUN, 2015, Pages

  Sneppen, Kim ^a   Semsey, Szabolcs ^a   Seshasayee, Aswin S N ^b   Krishna, Sandeep ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage defense; Ecosystem diversity; Epigenetic labeling; Mathematical modeling; Phage bacteria interaction; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ECOSYSTEM; EPIGENETICS; GROWTH RATE; INFECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHYLATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; RESTRICTION MODIFICATION SYSTEM; SPECIES COEXISTENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84937003304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00528     Document Type: Article

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