Growth phase-specific evolutionary benefits of natural transformation in Acinetobacter baylyi

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2221-2231

  Utnes, Ane L G ^a   Sørum, Vidar ^a   Hülter, Nils ^a   Primicerio, Raul ^a   Hegstad, Joachim ^a,b   Kloos, Julia ^a   Nielsen, Kaare M ^a,c   Johnsen, Pål J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c GenØk Centre for Biosafety   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DNA; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENOMICS; GROWTH RATE; PLEIOTROPY; SURVIVAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

DNA;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CELL CYCLE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL CYCLE; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84942195228     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.35     Document Type: Article

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