Diversity Takes Shape: Understanding the Mechanistic and Adaptive Basis of Bacterial Morphology

PLoS Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Kysela, David T ^a   Randich, Amelia M ^a   Caccamo, Paul D ^a   Brun, Yves V ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MODERN TIMES; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MORPHOGENESIS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84995542811     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002565     Document Type: Article

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