Genome reduction in an abundant and ubiquitous soil bacterium 'Candidatus Udaeobacter copiosus'

Nature Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Brewer, Tess E ^a   Handley, Kim M ^b   Carini, Paul ^a   Gilbert, Jack A ^c,d   Fierer, Noah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HETEROTROPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

AEROBIOSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METAGENOMICS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 84993965453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20585276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.198     Document Type: Article

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