A synthetic ecology perspective: How well does behavior of model organisms in the laboratory predict microbial activities in natural habitats?

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue JUN, 2016, Pages

  Yu, Zheng ^a   Krause, Sascha M B ^b   Beck, David A C ^a,b   Chistoserdova, Ludmila ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake Washington; Methanotroph; Methylobacter; Methylomonas; Methylosarcina; Methylotrophy; Synthetic community

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84979986238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00946     Document Type: Article

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